WoRMS taxon details

Caryophyllia (Acanthocyathus) spinigera (Saville Kent, 1871)

286769 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:286769)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Anthozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Hexacorallia (Class)
  6. Scleractinia (Order)
  7. Vacatina (Suborder)
  8. Caryophylliidae (Family)
  9. Caryophyllia (Genus)
  10. Caryophyllia (Acanthocyathus) (Subgenus)
  11. Caryophyllia (Acanthocyathus) spinigera (Species)
accepted
Species
Caryophyllia (Acanthocyathus) Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
Acanthocyathus spiniger Saville Kent, 1871 · unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)
Caryophyllia spinigera (Saville Kent, 1871) · alternative representation
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Acanthocyathus spiniger Saville Kent, 1871) Saville Kent W. (1871). On some new and little-known species of madrepores, or stony corals, in the British Museum Collection. <em>Proceedings of the Scientific Meetings of the Zoological Society of London for the Year 1871.</em> 275-286, pls. 23-25. [details] 
Depth range 127-347 m  
Depth range 127-347 m [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S.; Samimi-Namin, K. (2026). World List of Scleractinia. Caryophyllia (Acanthocyathus) spinigera (Saville Kent, 1871). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=286769 on 2026-07-06
Date
action
by
2008-01-16 10:35:54Z
created
van der Land, Jacob
2010-08-15 20:46:26Z
checked
Cairns, Stephen
2010-08-27 12:16:13Z
changed
Cairns, Stephen
2010-10-02 11:44:53Z
changed
Cairns, Stephen
2019-08-30 08:06:35Z
changed
Hoeksema, Bert
2019-09-29 10:51:43Z
changed
Hoeksema, Bert
2022-12-31 09:56:23Z
changed
Hoeksema, Bert

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Nomenclature

original description (of Acanthocyathus spiniger Saville Kent, 1871) Saville Kent W. (1871). On some new and little-known species of madrepores, or stony corals, in the British Museum Collection. <em>Proceedings of the Scientific Meetings of the Zoological Society of London for the Year 1871.</em> 275-286, pls. 23-25. [details] 

basis of record Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

Taxonomy

redescription Cairns, S.D. & H. Zibrowius. (1997). Cnidaria Anthozoa: Azooxanthellate Scleractinia from the Philippine and Indonesian regions. <em>in: Crosnier, A. et al. (Ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 16. Campagne Franco-Indonésienne KARUBAR. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie.</em> 172: 27-244. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Other

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

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., available online at https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.56.2004.1434 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Cairns, S.D. (1994). Scleractinia of the temperate North Pacific. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 557: 1-150., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.557.i [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Latypov YY. (2014). A solitary deep-water corals of the Scleractinian of the Vietnamese Shelf. <em>American Journal of Zoological Research.</em> 2(1): 5-15., available online at http://www.sciepub.com/portal/downloads?doi=10.12691/ajzr-2-1-2&filename=ajzr-2-1-2.pdf [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Nontype (of Acanthocyathus spiniger Saville Kent, 1871) NMSR 9053, geounit Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype BMNH 1992.8.11.2, geounit Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype BMNH 1992.8.11.3, geounit Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype MNHN, geounit Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype MNHN, geounit Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype MNHN, geounit Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype MNHN, geounit Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype MNHN, geounit Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype MNHN, geounit Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype MNHN, geounit Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype MNHN, geounit Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype MNHN, geounit Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype MNHN, geounit Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype MNHN, geounit Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype MNHN, geounit Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype MNHN, geounit Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype MNHN, geounit Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype MNHN, geounit Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype MNHN, geounit Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype MNHN, geounit Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype MNHN, geounit Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype MNHN, geounit Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype MNHN, geounit Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype MNHN, geounit Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype MNHN, geounit Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype MNHN, geounit Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype MNHN, geounit Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype MNHN, geounit Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype MNHN, geounit Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype MNHN, geounit Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype MNHN, geounit Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype POLIPI, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype RMNH 22743, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 92689, geounit Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 92690, geounit Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 96859, geounit Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 96860, geounit Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 96861, geounit Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 96862, geounit Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 96863, geounit Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 96864, geounit Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 96865, geounit Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 96866, geounit Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 96867, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 96869, geounit Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 96874, geounit Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 96878, geounit Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 96881, geounit Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 96882, geounit Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 96883, geounit Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 96884, geounit Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 96885, geounit Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 96887, geounit Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 96890, geounit Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 96892, geounit Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 96893, geounit Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 96894, geounit Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 96895, geounit Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 96896, geounit Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 96897, geounit Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 96898, geounit Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 96899, geounit Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 96900, geounit Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype ZMUC, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type (of Acanthocyathus spiniger Saville Kent, 1871) BMNH, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type UMUTZ, geounit Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type USNM 92689, geounit Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type USNM 92690, geounit Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
From editor or global species database
Biology azooxanthellate [details]

Depth range 127-347 m [details]
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To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Acanthocyathus spiniger Saville Kent, 1871)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (252 records) 
To ITIS

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