Scleractinia name details
Heterocyathus elongatus Hu, 1987 †
509176 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:509176)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Hu CH. (1987). Unusual fossil corals from Hengchun Peninsula, southern Taiwan. <em>Memoirs of the Geological Society of China.</em> 8:31-48, pls. 1-3. [details]
Fossil range Pleistocene
Fossil range Pleistocene [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Heterocyathus elongatus Hu, 1987 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=509176 on 2025-09-11
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original description
Hu CH. (1987). Unusual fossil corals from Hengchun Peninsula, southern Taiwan. <em>Memoirs of the Geological Society of China.</em> 8:31-48, pls. 1-3. [details]
basis of record Cairns, S.D. (2009-2017). On line appendix: Phylogenetic list of the 711 valid Recent azooxanthellate scleractinian species with their junior synonyms and depth ranges, 28 pp. <em>In: Cold-Water Corals: The Biology and Geology of Deep-Sea Coral Habitats.</em> Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. [details]
source of synonymy Hoeksema BW, Best MB (1991) New observations on scleractinian corals from Indonesia: 2. Sipunculan-associated species belonging to the genera Heterocyathus and Heteropsammia. Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden 65: 221-245. [details]
basis of record Cairns, S.D. (2009-2017). On line appendix: Phylogenetic list of the 711 valid Recent azooxanthellate scleractinian species with their junior synonyms and depth ranges, 28 pp. <em>In: Cold-Water Corals: The Biology and Geology of Deep-Sea Coral Habitats.</em> Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. [details]
source of synonymy Hoeksema BW, Best MB (1991) New observations on scleractinian corals from Indonesia: 2. Sipunculan-associated species belonging to the genera Heterocyathus and Heteropsammia. Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden 65: 221-245. [details]
Unreviewed
Fossil range Pleistocene [details]