Deep-Sea taxon details
original description
Cairns, S.D. (1989). A revision of the ahermatypic Scleractinia of the Philippine Islands and adjacent waters, Part 1: Fungiacyathidae, Micrabaciidae, Turbinoliinae, Guyniidae, and Flabellidae. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 486: 1-136. [details] Available for editors 
context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record
van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
additional source
Cairns, S.D., R. Baron-Szabo, A.F. Budd, B. Lathuilière, E. Roniewicz, J. Stolarski & K.G. Johnson. (2010). Corallosphere. , available online at http://www.corallosphere.org [details]
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 
redescription
Cairns, S.D. (1997). A generic revision and phylogenetic analysis of the Turbinoliidae (Cnidaria: Scleractinia). <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 591: 1-55. [details] Available for editors 
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Comparison See account of Levicyathus [details]
Diagnosis Corallum ceratoid, circular in cross section, and with a pointed base, base often irregularly shaped due to asexual fragmentation; up to 6 mm in GCD; theca imperforate; costae serrate, originating by trifurcation; septa hexamerally arranged in 4 or more cycles (up to 72 septa); multiple paliform lobes on all but last cycle of septa; columella papillose. [details]
Remark This genus and family was monographed by Cairns (1997), which included a phylogenetic analysis based on morphology. Monotypic (Cairns, 2004). The genus appears to be unique in the family in its predominant form of asexual reproduction. [details]Unreviewed
Biology azooxanthellate [details]
Depth range 95-925 m [details]
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