Peponocyathus australiensis
creator: Cairns, Stephen
creator: Hoeksema, Bert
date: 2026-08-30
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: Peponocyathus australiensis (Duncan, 1870)
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S.; Samimi-Namin, K. (2026). World List of Scleractinia. Peponocyathus australiensis (Duncan, 1870). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=527131 on 2026-08-30
created: 2010-09-25T23:30:46Z
modified: 2022-07-18T12:37:41Z
replaces: 1513430
replaces: 1509570
replaces: 1453616
replaces: 1290045
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Peponocyathus australiensis (Duncan, 1870)
class: Hexacorallia
family: Turbinoliidae
genus: Peponocyathus
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Duncan PM. (1870). On the fossil corals (Madreporaria) of the Australian Tertiary Deposits. The Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London. 26: 284-318, pls. 19-22.
name published in: Gerth H. (1921). Coelenterata. Anthozoa. In K. Martin (ed.): Die Fossilien von Java auf Grund einer Sammlung von Dr. R.D.M. Verbeek und von Anderen. Sammlungen des Geologischen Reichs-Museums in Leiden. Neue Folge. 1 (2): 387-445, pls. 55-57.
name published in year: 1870
name published in year: 1921
order: Scleractinia
parent name usage ID: 135128
phylum: Cnidaria
scientific name authorship: (Duncan, 1870)
specific epithet: australiensis
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted