WoRMS taxon details

Stenocyathus vermiformis (Pourtalès, 1868)

135208  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135208)

accepted
Species
Caryophyllia carpenteri Duncan, 1878 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Caryophyllia simplex Duncan, 1878 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Coenocyathus vermiformis Pourtalès, 1868 · unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)
Stenocyathus decamera Ralph & Squires, 1962 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Stenocyathus washingtoni Cecchini, 1914 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Coenocyathus vermiformis Pourtalès, 1868) Pourtalès, L.F. de. (1868). Contributions to the fauna of the Gulf Stream at great depths (2d series). <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, in Cambridge.</em> 1(7): 121-142., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6587602 [details]   
Depth range 110-1500 m  
Depth range 110-1500 m [details]

Distribution semi-cosmopolitan  
Distribution semi-cosmopolitan [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2024). World List of Scleractinia. Stenocyathus vermiformis (Pourtalès, 1868). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135208 on 2024-04-19
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original description  (of Stenocyathus washingtoni Cecchini, 1914) Cecchini C. (1914). Su due nuovi Turbinolidae del Mediterraneo (diagnosi preliminari). <em>Monitore Zoologico Italiano.</em> 25:151–152. [details]   

original description  (of Stenocyathus decamera Ralph & Squires, 1962) Ralph PM, Squires DF. (1962). The extant scleractinian corals of New Zealand. <em>Zoology Publications from Victoria University of Wellington.</em> 29: 1-19. [details]   

original description  (of Caryophyllia simplex Duncan, 1878) Duncan PM. (1878). A Description of the Madreporaria dredged up during the Expeditions of H.M.S. Porcupine' in 1869 and 1870. – Part. II. <em>Transactions of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 10: 235-249, pls. 43-45., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1873.tb00560.x [details]   

original description  (of Caryophyllia carpenteri Duncan, 1878) Duncan PM. (1878). A Description of the Madreporaria dredged up during the Expeditions of H.M.S. Porcupine' in 1869 and 1870. – Part. II. <em>Transactions of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 10: 235-249, pls. 43-45., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1873.tb00560.x [details]   

original description  (of Coenocyathus vermiformis Pourtalès, 1868) Pourtalès, L.F. de. (1868). Contributions to the fauna of the Gulf Stream at great depths (2d series). <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, in Cambridge.</em> 1(7): 121-142., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6587602 [details]   

context source (Deepsea) Cairns, Stephen (look up in IMIS[details]   

context source (Bermuda) Cairns, S.D. (2000). A revision of the shallow-water azooxanthellate Scleractinia of the western Atlantic. <em>Studies on the Natural History of the Caribbean Region.</em> 75: 1-231. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS[details]   

basis of record Cairns, S.D., Hoeksema, B.W., and J. van der Land, 2001. Scleractinia, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 109-110 (look up in IMIS[details]   

additional source Veron JEN. (1986). Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific. <em>Angus & Robertson Publishers.</em>
page(s): 609 [details]   

additional source Cairns, S.D. (1984). New records of ahermatypic corals (Scleractinia) from the Hawaiian and Line Islands. <em>Occasional Papers of the Bishop Musem.</em> 25(10): 1-30. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Cairns, S.D. & N.B. Keller. (1993). New taxa and distributional records of azooxanthellate Scleractinia from the tropical south-west Indian Ocean, with comments on their zoogeography and ecology. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 103(5): 213-292, 13 pls. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Cairns, S.D. (1982). Antarctic and Subantarctic Scleractinia. <em>Antarctic Research Series.</em> 34: 1-74.
page(s): 52 Plate 16, figs. 8-11 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Cairns, S.D. (1977). Caryophylliina and Dendrophylliina (Anthozoa: Scleractinia). <em>Memoirs of the Hourglass Cruises.</em> 3(4): 1-27., available online at https://f50006a.eos-intl.net/ELIBSQL12_F50006A_Documents/mhc_v3_4_0813_R.pdf [details]   

additional source Cairns, S.D. (1977). A checklist of the ahermatypic Scleractinia of the Gulf of Mexico, with the description of a new species. <em>Gulf Research Reports.</em> 6 (1): 9-15., available online at https://aquila.usm.edu/gcr/vol6/iss1/2/ [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Rossi, L., 1958. Contributo allo studio della fauna di profondita' vivente presso la riviera Ligure di Levante. Doriana 2 92: 1-13.
page(s): 6, 11 [details]   

additional source Dawson EW. (1992). The Coelenterata of the New Zealand region: a handlist for curators, students and ecologists. <em>Occasional papers of the Hutton Foundation, New Zealand.</em> 1: 1-68.
page(s): 45 [details]   

additional source Pourtalès, L. F. de. (1871). Deep-sea corals. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College.</em> 2 (4): 1-93, pls. 1-8., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.13636
page(s): 10, 60, 61, 89, 91, 92, 94, Plate I, Figs. 1, 2, 96, Plate III, Figs. 11, 12, 13 [details]   

additional source Pourtalès, L.F. de, 1878. Corals. In: Report on the Dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico, by the United States Coast Survey Steamer "Blake", Lieutenant-Commander C.D. Sigsbee, U.S.N., commanding. Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv. 5 9: 197-212.
page(s): 202 [details]   

additional source Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (1999). Appendix: List of extant stony corals. <em>Atoll Research Bulletin.</em> 459: 13-46.
page(s): 33 [details]   

additional source Cairns, S.D., W.C. Jaap & J.C. Lang. (2009). Scleractinia (Cnidaria) of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>In: Felder DL. Camp DK (eds.) Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.</em> Pp. 333–347. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Cairns, S.D. (2009-2017). On line appendix: Phylogenetic list of the 711 valid Recent azooxanthellate scleractinian species with their junior synonyms and depth ranges, 28 pp. <em>In: Cold-Water Corals: The Biology and Geology of Deep-Sea Coral Habitats.</em> Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. [details]  OpenAccess publication 

additional source Cairns, S.D. (2004). The azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) of Australia. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 56(3): 259-329. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Pourtalès, L.F. (1880). Report on the corals and Antipatharia. Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Caribbean Sea, 1878-79, by the United States coast survey steamer "Blake", commander J.R. Bartlett, U.S.N., commanding. VI. <em>.Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.</em> 6(4): 95-120, pls. 1-3.
page(s): 96, 101 [details]   

additional source Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V.; Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Gravier, C. (1920). Madréporaires provenant des campagnes des yachts Princesse-Alice et Hirondelle II (1893-1913). <em>Annales de l'Institut Océanographique de Monaco.</em> 55: 1-123, pls 1-16. [details]   

additional source Zibrowius, H.; Taviani, M. (2005). Remarkable sessile fauna associated with deep coral and other calcareous substrates in the Strait of Sicily, Mediterranean Sea. <i>in</i> Freiwald A, Roberts JM (eds), Cold-water Corals and Ecosystems. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, pp 807-819.
page(s): 811 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Rogers, A. D. (1999). The biology of Lophelia pertusa (Linnaeus, 1758) and other deep-water reef-forming corals and impacts from human activities. International Review of Hydrobiology, 84: 315-406
page(s): 347 [details]   

additional source Marenzeller, E. von. (1904). Steinkorallen. <em>Wissenschaflichte Ergebnisse der deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer "Valdivia", 1838-1899,.</em> Band 7: 281-318, pls. 14-18., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6308054 [details]   

additional source Kitahara MV. (2007). Species richness and distribution of azooxanthellate Scleractinia in Brazil. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 81 (3): 497-518. [details]   

additional source Wells JW. (1958). Scleractinian Corals. <em>British-Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition 1929-31 Reports Series B.</em> 6(11): 257-275, pls. 1-2.
page(s): 262 [details]   

additional source Pires DE. (2007). The azooxanthellate coral fauna of Brazil. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 81:265-272. [details]   

additional source Kitahara MV, Cordeiro RTS, Barbosa RV, Pires D Sumida PYG. (2020). Brazilian Deep-Sea Corals. In: Sumida PYG, Bernardino AF, De Léo FC (eds) Brazilian Deep-Sea Biodiversity. <em>Brazilian Marine Biodiversity. Volume 3. Springer, Cham.</em> pp. 73-107., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-53222-2_4 [details]   

additional source Kitahara, M.V. & S.D. Cairns. (2021). Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Cnidaria, Anthozoa) from New Caledonia. <em>Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle.</em> 215:1-722. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Zibrowius, H. (1974). Scleractiniares des Iles Saint Paul et Amsterdam (sud de L'Ocean Indien). Tethys, 5(4): 747-778
page(s): 747, 769-770 [details]   

additional source Laborel, J. (1970). Les peuplements de madréporaires des côtes tropicales du Brésil. Annales de l'Université d'Abidjan, 2, E, (3): 7-261
page(s): 194 [details]   

additional source Álvarez-Pérez, G.; Busquets, P.; De Mol, B.; Sandoval, N. G.; Canals, M.; Casamor, J. L. (2005). Deep-water coral occurrences in the Strait of Gibraltar. André Freiwald and J. Murray Roberts (eds.). Springer. Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, pp. 207-221
page(s): 213, 215, 217 [details]   

additional source Rossi, L. (1961). Études sur le seuil Siculo -Tunisien. 6. Madréporaires. Campagne de la Calypso (août-septembre 1954). Annales de l'Institute Oceanographique, 5, 169-173
page(s): 33, 39-40, 46 [details]   

additional source Squires, D. F. (1959). Deep sea corals collected by the Lamont Geological Observatory. 1 Atlantic corals. American Museum Novitates, 1965, 1-42
page(s): 7, 23 [details]   

additional source Kühlmann, D. H. H. (2006). Die Steinkorallensammlung im Naturhistorischen Museum in Rudolstadt (Thüringen) nebst ökologischen Bemerkungen. Rudolstädter Naturhistorische Schriften, 13, 37-113
page(s): 64, 104, 113 [details]   

additional source Ramil Blanco, F.; Pulpeiro, E. F. (1990). Inventario de los antozoos de Galicia. A checklist of the Anthozoa from Galicia. Boletin de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural, 86(1-4): 17-30
page(s): 28 [details]   

redescription Cairns, S.D. (2000). A revision of the shallow-water azooxanthellate Scleractinia of the western Atlantic. <em>Studies on the Natural History of the Caribbean Region.</em> 75: 1-231. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

redescription Cairns, S.D. (1979). The deep-water Scleractinia of the Caribbean and adjacent waters. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands.</em> 57:1-341. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

redescription Cairns, S.D. (1995). The marine fauna of New Zealand: Scleractinia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa. <em>New Zealand Oceanographic Memoir.</em> 103: 1-210. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

redescription Cairns, S.D. & S.A. Parker. (1992). Review of the Recent Scleractinia (Stony Corals) of South Australia, Victoria and Tasmania. <em>Records South Australian Museum, Monograph Series.</em> 3: 1-82, pls. 1-18,. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

redescription Zibrowius H. (1980). Les scléractiniaires de la Méditerranée et de l'Atlantique nord-oriental. <em>Mémoires de l'Institut océanographique, Monaco.</em> 11: 1-284, pls. 1-117. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 163 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

redescription Cairns, S.D. (1994). Scleractinia of the temperate North Pacific. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 557: 1-150. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Nontype AM G14706, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype AM G16562, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype AM, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype BMNH, geounit St. Helena Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype MCZ, geounit Cuban Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype MCZ, geounit Cuban Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype MCZ, geounit Cuban Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype MCZ, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype MCZ, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype NMNZ CO249 [details]
Nontype NMNZ CO250, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype NMNZ CO258, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype NMNZ CO89, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype NMSR 9085, geounit Cuban Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype NMSR 9086, geounit Moroccan Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype RMNH, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype SME, geounit High Seas [details]
Nontype UMML 0,51805555556, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 10923, geounit Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 46641, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 46642, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 46643, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 46644, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 46645, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 46646, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 46647, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 46648, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 46649, geounit Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 46650, geounit Mexican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 46651, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 62474, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 91775, geounit High Seas [details]
Nontype USNM 94264, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 94265, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 94266, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 94267, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 94368, geounit High Seas [details]
Unknown type IGPS 53695 [details]
Unknown type USNM 47446, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type USNM 47448, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type USNM 47449, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type USNM 47450, geounit High Seas [details]
Unknown type USNM 47451, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type USNM 47452, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type USNM 47453, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type USNM 47454, geounit High Seas [details]
Unknown type USNM 80984, geounit Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
From other sources
Biology azooxanthellate [details]

Depth range 110-1500 m [details]

Distribution semi-cosmopolitan [details]

Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]

Habitat shelf to slope [details]
LanguageName 
English worm coral  [details]
German Wurmkoralle  [details]