Deep-Sea taxon details
Stephanocyathus (Acinocyathus) Wells, 1984
508448 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:508448)
accepted
Subgenus
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Wells JW. (1984). Notes on Indo-Paciflc scleractinian corals. Part 10. Late Pleistocene ahermatypic corals from Vanuatu. <em>Pacific Science.</em> 38 (3): 205-219. [details]
Depth range 120-1188 m
Fossil range Oligocene to Recent
Depth range 120-1188 m [details]
Fossil range Oligocene to Recent
Fossil range Oligocene to Recent [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Stephanocyathus (Acinocyathus) Wells, 1984. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=508448 on 2025-05-05
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Stephanocyathus (Acinocyathus) Wells, 1984. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=508448 on 2025-05-05
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Wells JW. (1984). Notes on Indo-Paciflc scleractinian corals. Part 10. Late Pleistocene ahermatypic corals from Vanuatu. <em>Pacific Science.</em> 38 (3): 205-219. [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [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]
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
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [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]
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
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Differs from the nominate subgenus in having six long costal spines (C1). [details]Remark Two species, one with a fossil record. [details]
Unreviewed
Biology azooxanthellate [details]Depth range 120-1188 m [details]
Fossil range Oligocene to Recent [details]
