Scleractinia taxon details
Guyniidae Hickson, 1910
- Genus Cyathosmilia Tenison-Woods, 1878 †
- Genus Guynia Duncan, 1873
- Genus Onchotrochus Duncan, 1869 †
- Genus Bistylia Tenison-Woods, 1878 † accepted as Guynia Duncan, 1873 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Pyrophyllia Hickson, 1910 accepted as Guynia Duncan, 1873 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Hickson SJ. (1910). On a new octoradiate coral, Pyrophyllia inflata. <em>Memoirs and Proceedings of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society.</em> 54 (3): 1-7. [details]
Description Solitary, free-living or attached, and tubular. Walls are composed of epitheca with pores between septa. Septa are few, not...
Fossil range Upper Jurassic to Recent
Description Solitary, free-living or attached, and tubular. Walls are composed of epitheca with pores between septa. Septa are few, not exsert, with smooth margins. Related family is Flabellidae. (Veron, 1986 <57>). [details]
Fossil range Upper Jurassic to Recent
Fossil range Upper Jurassic to Recent [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2024). World List of Scleractinia. Guyniidae Hickson, 1910. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135077 on 2024-04-25
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Hickson SJ. (1910). On a new octoradiate coral, Pyrophyllia inflata. <em>Memoirs and Proceedings of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society.</em> 54 (3): 1-7. [details]
context source (MSBIAS) MEDIN. (2011). UK checklist of marine species derived from the applications Marine Recorder and UNICORN. version 1.0. [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [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]
redescription Cairns, S.D. (1989). A revision of the ahermatypic Scleractinia of the Philippine Islands and adjacent waters, Part 1: Fungiacyathidae, Micrabaciidae, Turbinoliinae, Guyniidae, and Flabellidae. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 486: 1-136. [details] Available for editors
identification resource Cairns, S.D. (1989). A revision of the ahermatypic Scleractinia of the Philippine Islands and adjacent waters, Part 1: Fungiacyathidae, Micrabaciidae, Turbinoliinae, Guyniidae, and Flabellidae. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 486: 1-136. [details] Available for editors
context source (MSBIAS) MEDIN. (2011). UK checklist of marine species derived from the applications Marine Recorder and UNICORN. version 1.0. [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [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]
redescription Cairns, S.D. (1989). A revision of the ahermatypic Scleractinia of the Philippine Islands and adjacent waters, Part 1: Fungiacyathidae, Micrabaciidae, Turbinoliinae, Guyniidae, and Flabellidae. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 486: 1-136. [details] Available for editors
identification resource Cairns, S.D. (1989). A revision of the ahermatypic Scleractinia of the Philippine Islands and adjacent waters, Part 1: Fungiacyathidae, Micrabaciidae, Turbinoliinae, Guyniidae, and Flabellidae. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 486: 1-136. [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Solitary. Septal calcification centers not separated; septal faces smooth. Epithecal wall with regularly distributed thecal depressions on inner side and corresponding pulverization spots on outer side. [details]From other sources
Biology azooxanthellate [details]Description Solitary, free-living or attached, and tubular. Walls are composed of epitheca with pores between septa. Septa are few, not exsert, with smooth margins. Related family is Flabellidae. (Veron, 1986 <57>). [details]
Fossil range Upper Jurassic to Recent [details]