WoRMS taxon details

Stephanocyathus (Odontocyathus) Moseley, 1880

508447  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:508447)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Anthozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Hexacorallia (Class)
  6. Scleractinia (Order)
  7. Vacatina (Suborder)
  8. Stephanocyathidae (Family)
  9. Stephanocyathus (Genus)
  10. Stephanocyathus (Odontocyathus) (Subgenus)
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Subgenus
Odontocyathus Moseley, 1880 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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(of Odontocyathus Moseley, 1880) Moseley, H.N. (1881 [1880]). Report on certain hydroid, alcyonarian, and madreporarian corals procured during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger, in the years 1873–1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 2 (part 7): 1-248, pl. Hydrocorallinae 1-14, Helioporidae 1-2, Madreporaria 1-16., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-07/README.htm [details] 
Status Senior homonym of Odontocyathus Brook, 1893 (=Acropora)  
Status Senior homonym of Odontocyathus Brook, 1893 (=Acropora) [details]

Depth range 543-2200 m  
Depth range 543-2200 m [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Stephanocyathus (Odontocyathus) Moseley, 1880. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=508447 on 2025-05-02
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2010-08-18 14:38:35Z
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Cairns, Stephen
2010-09-13 23:22:01Z
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Cairns, Stephen
2020-07-22 16:02:58Z
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Hoeksema, Bert
2020-07-28 14:52:07Z
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Hoeksema, Bert
2020-08-02 09:28:08Z
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Hoeksema, Bert
2022-06-05 15:00:04Z
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Hoeksema, Bert

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Nomenclature

original description (of Odontocyathus Moseley, 1880) Moseley, H.N. (1881 [1880]). Report on certain hydroid, alcyonarian, and madreporarian corals procured during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger, in the years 1873–1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 2 (part 7): 1-248, pl. Hydrocorallinae 1-14, Helioporidae 1-2, Madreporaria 1-16., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-07/README.htm [details] 

basis of record 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] 

Taxonomy

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  PDF available [request]

Other

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

 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
Nontype (of Odontocyathus Moseley, 1880) UAZM, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Differs from the nominate subgenus by having 12-18 short costal spines or tubercles (C1-2) that sometimes fuse into a continuous basal rim. [details]

Remark Three exclusively Recent species. [details]

Status Senior homonym of Odontocyathus Brook, 1893 (=Acropora) [details]

Unreviewed
Biology azooxanthellate [details]

Depth range 543-2200 m [details]
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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Odontocyathus) (from synonym Odontocyathus Moseley, 1880)
To Genbank (from synonym Odontocyathus Moseley, 1880)