ChaRMS taxon details
Taxonomic citation
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Pachyrhynchia cuppressina (Lamouroux, 1816). Accessed through: Xu, K., An, J., Ding, L., Dong, D., Gao, Y., Huang, Y., Jiang, W., Lei, Y., Li, K., Li, X., Li, Y., Liang, X., Lin, G., Lin, M., Liu, H., Liu, J., Liu, W., Liu, X., Lu, D., Ma, Z., Ren, X., Sha, Z., Sun, J., Sun, S., Sun, Z., Tian, L., Wang, D., Wang, J., Wu, X., Xia, B., Xiao, N., Yin, J., Zhang, J., Zhang, S., Zhang, X., Zhao, E., Zheng, X., Zhou, H., Zhou, J. & Zhou, K. (2025) Chinese Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/charms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1464472 on 2026-08-21
Regional species database citation
Xu, K., An, J., Ding, L., Dong, D., Gao, Y., Huang, Y., Jiang, W., Lei, Y., Li, K., Li, X., Li, Y., Liang, X., Lin, G., Lin, M., Liu, H., Liu, J., Liu, W., Liu, X., Lu, D., Ma, Z., Ren, X., Sha, Z., Sun, J., Sun, S., Sun, Z., Tian, L., Wang, D., Wang, J., Wu, X., Xia, B., Xiao, N., Yin, J., Zhang, J., Zhang, S., Zhang, X., Zhao, E., Zheng, X., Zhou, H., Zhou, J. & Zhou, K. (2026). Chinese Register of Marine Species. Pachyrhynchia cuppressina (Lamouroux, 1816). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/charms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1464472 on 2026-08-21
original description
(of Aglaophenia cupressina Lamouroux, 1816) Lamouroux, J. V. F. (1816). Histoire des polypiers coralligènes flexibles, vulgairement nommés zoophytes. <em>F. Poisson, Caen.</em> i-lxxxiv, 1-558, pls. I-XIX. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11606092 page(s): 169 [details]
new combination reference
Rowlett J. (2020). Indo-Pacific Corals. <em>Rowlett (self-published).</em> pp. 1-809. page(s): 768, 805, 8 figs. [details]
status source
Postaire, B.; Magalon, H.; Bourmaud, C. A.-F.; Gravier-Bonnet, N.; Bruggemann, J. (2016). Phylogenetic relationships within Aglaopheniidae (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) reveal unexpected generic diversity. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 45(1): 103-114. , available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12135 note: does not belong to Aglaophenia clade [details]
From editor or global species database
Aglaophenia cupressina; North Sulawesi; photographed and copyright Tineke Smit
Aglaophenia cupressina DMS