Stephanocyathus (Odontocyathus) nobilis
creator: Hoeksema, Bert
creator: Cairns, Stephen
date: 2026-08-29
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Stephanocyathus (Odontocyathus) nobilis (Moseley, 1876)
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S.; Samimi-Namin, K. (2026). World List of Scleractinia. Stephanocyathus (Odontocyathus) nobilis (Moseley, 1876). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135172 on 2026-08-29
created: 2004-12-21T16:54:05Z
modified: 2022-06-29T19:00:59Z
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rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Stephanocyathus (Odontocyathus) nobilis (Moseley, 1876)
class: Hexacorallia
family: Stephanocyathidae
genus: Stephanocyathus
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Alcock A. (1894). Natural history notes from HM Indian Marine Survey Streamer 'Investigator' Series 2, number 15. On some new and rare corals from the deep waters of India. The Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 63 (2): 186-188.
name published in: Gravier, C. (1915). Note préliminaire sur les Madréporaires recueilles au cours des croisières de la Princesse-Alice et de l'Hirondelle II, de inclusivement. Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographique de Monaco. 304: 1-22.
name published in: Moseley, H.N. (1876). Preliminary report to Professor Wyville Thompson, F.R.S., Director of the Civilian Scientific Staff, on the true corals dredged by H.M.S. 'Challenger' in deep water between the dates Dec. 30th, 1870, and August 31st. Proc. R. Soc. 24: 544-569.
name published in: Wood-Mason, J. & Alcock, A. (1891). Natural history notes from H.M. Indian marine survey steamer 'Investigator', Commander R.F. Hoskyn, R.N., commanding. No. 21. Note on the results of the last season's deep-sea dredging. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (series 6) 7 (37): 1-19; 7 (38): 186-202; 7 (39): 258-272.
name published in year: 1894
name published in year: 1915
name published in year: 1876
name published in year: 1891
order: Scleractinia
parent name usage ID: 508447
phylum: Cnidaria
scientific name authorship: (Moseley, 1876)
specific epithet: nobilis
subgenus: Odontocyathus
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted