Scleractinia name details
Rhodocyathus ceylonensis Bourne, 1905
766639 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:766639)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
Rhodocyathus Bourne, 1905 accepted as Cynarina Brüggemann, 1877
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Bourne, G.C. (1905). Report on the solitary corals collected by Professor Herdman, at Ceylon, in 1902. <em>Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar.</em> 4: 187-241, pls. 1-4. [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Rhodocyathus ceylonensis Bourne, 1905. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=766639 on 2026-07-24
original description
Bourne, G.C. (1905). Report on the solitary corals collected by Professor Herdman, at Ceylon, in 1902. <em>Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar.</em> 4: 187-241, pls. 1-4. [details]
basis of record Wells JW. (1964). The recent solitary mussid scleractinian corals. <em>Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden.</em> 39: 375-384. [details]
basis of record Wells JW. (1964). The recent solitary mussid scleractinian corals. <em>Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden.</em> 39: 375-384. [details]
Holotype NHMUK, verbatimGeounit Trincomalee, Sri Lan... [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Trincomalee, Sri Lanka (Recent) [details]