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Paracyathus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848

Paracyathus stearnsii, typical calice with five septal cycles
Paracyathus stearnsii, typical calice with five septal cycles

135096  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135096)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Anthozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Hexacorallia (Class)
  6. Scleractinia (Order)
  7. Vacatina (Suborder)
  8. Caryophylliidae (Family)
  9. Paracyathus (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Cyathina (Paracyathus) Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 · unaccepted > superseded combination

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  1. Species Paracyathus andersoni Duncan, 1889
  2. Species Paracyathus arcuatus Lindström, 1877
  3. Species Paracyathus aurantius Hwang, 2025
  4. Species Paracyathus cavatus Alcock, 1893
  5. Species Paracyathus conceptus Gardiner & Waugh, 1938
  6. Species Paracyathus coronatus Duncan, 1876
  7. Species Paracyathus darwinensis Cairns, 2004
  8. Species Paracyathus durhami Kitahara & Cairns, 2021
  9. Species Paracyathus ebonensis Verrill, 1866
  10. Species Paracyathus fulvus Alcock, 1893
  11. Species Paracyathus humilis Verrill, 1870
  12. Species Paracyathus indicus Duncan, 1889
  13. Species Paracyathus lifuensis Gardiner, 1899
  14. Species Paracyathus milleri Kitahara & Cairns, 2021
  15. Species Paracyathus molokensis Vaughan, 1907
  16. Species Paracyathus montereyensis Durham, 1947
  17. Species Paracyathus parvulus Gardiner, 1899
  18. Species Paracyathus persicus Duncan, 1876
  19. Species Paracyathus peysonneli Kitahara & Cairns, 2021
  20. Species Paracyathus porcellanus Verrill, 1866
  21. Species Paracyathus profundus Duncan, 1889
  22. Species Paracyathus pruinosus Alcock, 1902
  23. Species Paracyathus pulchellus (Philippi, 1842)
  24. Species Paracyathus rotundatus Semper, 1872
  25. Species Paracyathus stearnsii Verrill, 1869
  26. Species Paracyathus stokesii Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
  27. Species Paracyathus vittatus Dennant, 1906
  28. Species Paracyathus aequilamellosus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 accepted as Paracyathus pulchellus (Philippi, 1842) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  29. Species Paracyathus africanus Duncan, 1878 accepted as Paracyathus pulchellus (Philippi, 1842) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  30. Species Paracyathus agassizii Duncan, 1873 accepted as Paracyathus pulchellus (Philippi, 1842) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  31. Species Paracyathus caeruleus Duncan, 1889 accepted as Paracyathus rotundatus Semper, 1872 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, ?)
  32. Species Paracyathus caltha Verrill, 1869 accepted as Paracyathus stearnsii Verrill, 1869 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  33. Species Paracyathus calthus Verrill, 1869 accepted as Paracyathus stearnsii Verrill, 1869 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  34. Species Paracyathus clathra Verrill, 1869 accepted as Paracyathus stearnsii Verrill, 1869 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  35. Species Paracyathus confertus Pourtalès, 1868 accepted as Paracyathus pulchellus (Philippi, 1842) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  36. Species Paracyathus costatus Duncan, 1878 accepted as Paracyathus pulchellus (Philippi, 1842) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  37. Species Paracyathus defilippii Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 accepted as Paracyathus pulchellus (Philippi, 1842) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  38. Species Paracyathus flos Pourtalès, 1878 accepted as Phacelocyathus flos (Pourtalès, 1878) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  39. Species Paracyathus gardineri Vaughan, 1907 accepted as Trochocyathus (Trochocyathus) gardineri (Vaughan, 1907) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  40. Species Paracyathus granulosus Verill, 1885 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  41. Species Paracyathus humilis Duncan, 1878 accepted as Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) smithii Stokes & Broderip, 1828 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  42. Species Paracyathus inornatus Duncan, 1878 accepted as Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) inornata (Duncan, 1878) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  43. Species Paracyathus insignis Duncan, 1878 accepted as Paracyathus pulchellus (Philippi, 1842) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  44. Species Paracyathus laxus Pourtalès, 1880 accepted as Trochocyathus (Trochocyathus) rawsonii Pourtalès, 1874 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  45. Species Paracyathus mauiensis Vaughan, 1907 accepted as Trochocyathus (Trochocyathus) mauiensis (Vaughan, 1907) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  46. Species Paracyathus merguiensis Duncan, 1889 accepted as Paracyathus rotundatus Semper, 1872 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, ?)
  47. Species Paracyathus monilis Duncan, 1878 accepted as Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) smithii Stokes & Broderip, 1828 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  48. Species Paracyathus porcellana Verrill, 1866 accepted as Paracyathus porcellanus Verrill, 1866 (unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
  49. Species Paracyathus porphyreus Alcock, 1893 accepted as Trochocyathus (Trochocyathus) porphyreus (Alcock, 1893) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  50. Species Paracyathus pteropus Gosse, 1860 accepted as Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) smithii Stokes & Broderip, 1828 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  51. Species Paracyathus rawsonii (Pourtalès, 1874) accepted as Trochocyathus (Trochocyathus) rawsonii Pourtalès, 1874 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  52. Species Paracyathus stokesi Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 accepted as Paracyathus stokesii Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  53. Species Paracyathus striatus (Philippi, 1842) accepted as Paracyathus pulchellus (Philippi, 1842) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  54. Species Paracyathus taxilianus Gosse, 1860 accepted as Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) smithii Stokes & Broderip, 1828 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  55. Species Paracyathus tenuicalyx Vaughan, 1907 accepted as Trochocyathus (Trochocyathus) rhombocolumna Alcock, 1902 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  56. Species Paracyathus thulensis Gosse, 1860 accepted as Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) smithii Stokes & Broderip, 1828 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  57. Species Paracyathus tiburonensis Durham, 1947 accepted as Paracyathus stearnsii Verrill, 1869 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  58. Species Paracyathus verrilli (Duncan, 1889) accepted as Polycyathus verrilli Duncan, 1889 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  59. Species Paracyathus folliculus Pourtalès, 1871 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Milne Edwards, H.; Haime, J. (1848). Recherches sur les polypiers. Mémoire 2. Monographie des turbinolides. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, Series 3.</em> 9: 211-344, pls. 7-10. [details] 
Depth range 0-1260 m  
Depth range 0-1260 m [details]

Fossil range Eocene to Recent  
Fossil range Eocene to Recent [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Paracyathus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135096 on 2025-05-03
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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Hoeksema, Bert
2010-09-13 23:22:01Z
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Cairns, Stephen
2019-05-20 08:13:48Z
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Hoeksema, Bert
2020-01-23 17:34:13Z
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Hoeksema, Bert
2022-06-24 11:12:51Z
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Hoeksema, Bert

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Nomenclature

original description Milne Edwards, H.; Haime, J. (1848). Recherches sur les polypiers. Mémoire 2. Monographie des turbinolides. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, Series 3.</em> 9: 211-344, pls. 7-10. [details] 

basis of record Cairns, S.D., Hoeksema, B.W., and J. van der Land, 2001. Scleractinia, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 109-110 (look up in IMIS) [details] 

Taxonomy

redescription Cairns, S.D. (2000). A revision of the shallow-water azooxanthellate Scleractinia of the western Atlantic. <em>Studies on the Natural History of the Caribbean Region.</em> 75: 1-231. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Other

additional source Veron JEN. (1986). Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific. <em>Angus & Robertson Publishers.</em> [details] 

additional source Daly, M.M., Fautin D.G., Cappola V.A., 2003. Systematics of the Hexacorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 139 3: 419-437.
page(s): 424-425, 427-429 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Randall RH. (2003). An annotated checklist of hydrozoan and scleractinian corals collected from Guam and other Mariana Islands. <em>Micronesica.</em> 35-36: 121-137.
page(s): 135 [details] 

additional source Cairns, S.D. & H. Zibrowius. (1997). Cnidaria Anthozoa: Azooxanthellate Scleractinia from the Philippine and Indonesian regions. <em>in: Crosnier, A. et al. (Ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 16. Campagne Franco-Indonésienne KARUBAR. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie.</em> 172: 27-244. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 38, 53, 61, 116-117, 221, fig. 13 g-h [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

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] 

additional source Duncan PM (1884) A revision of the families and genera of the sclerodermic Zoantharia, Ed. & H., or Madreporaria (M. Rugosa excepted). Journal of the Linnean Society of London, 18: 1-204. [details] 

additional source Chevalier J-P. (1961). Recherches sur les Madreporaires et les formations recifales Miocenes de la Mediterranee occidentale. <em>Memoires de la Societe Geologique de France, Nouvelle Série.</em> 40(93): 1-562, pls. 1-26. [details] 

additional source Squires DF. (1961). Deep sea corals collected by the Lamont Geological Observatory. 2. Scotia Sea corals. <em>American Museum Novitates.</em> 2046: 1-48.
page(s): 20 [details] 

additional source Zibrowius, H. (1974). Scleractiniares des Iles Saint Paul et Amsterdam (sud de L'Ocean Indien). Tethys, 5(4): 747-778
page(s): 747, 766-767, Pl. 2, fig. 2 [details] 

additional source Laborel, J. (1970). Les peuplements de madréporaires des côtes tropicales du Brésil. Annales de l'Université d'Abidjan, 2, E, (3): 7-261
page(s): 151, 194 [details] 

additional source Bayer, F. M. (1992). The helioporacean octocoral Epiphaxum, recent and fossil: a monographic iconography. Studies in Tropical Oceanography, 15, 1-76
page(s): 56 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
Nontype BMNH, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype UAZM Coel. 1306, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
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Comparison Similar to Polycyathus, but corolla are solitary, not linked by stolons. [details]

Diagnosis Corallum solitary, attached, ceratoid to trochoid in shape; septotheca costate; multiple paliform lobes present on all but last septal cycle; columella papillose. [details]

Remark About 20 fossil species and 23 Recent species. [details]

Unreviewed
Biology azooxanthellate [details]

Depth range 0-1260 m [details]

Fossil range Eocene to Recent [details]
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Paracyathus stearnsii, typical calice with five septal cycles
Paracyathus stearnsii, typical calice with five septal cycles
Paracyathus stearnsii
Paracyathus stearnsii

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