WoRMS taxon details
Heterocyathus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
206380 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206380)
accepted
Genus
Heterocyathus aequicostatus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 (type by subsequent designation)
Species Heterocyathus aequicostatus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
Species Heterocyathus alternatus Verrill, 1865
Species Heterocyathus antoniae Reyes, Santodomingo & Cairns, 2009
Species Heterocyathus hemisphaericus Gray, 1849
Species Heterocyathus japonicus (Verrill, 1866)
Species Heterocyathus sulcatus (Verrill, 1866)
Subgenus Heterocyathus (Stephanoseris) Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851 accepted as Heterocyathus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 (synonym)
Species Heterocyathus alternata Verrill, 1865 accepted as Heterocyathus alternatus Verrill, 1865 (amended spelling)
Species Heterocyathus cochlea (Spengler, 1781) accepted as Heterocyathus aequicostatus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 (synonym)
Species Heterocyathus eupsammides Gray, 1849 accepted as Heteropsammia eupsammides (Gray, 1849) (original combination, basionym)
Species Heterocyathus hemisphericus Gray, 1849 accepted as Heterocyathus hemisphaericus Gray, 1849 (misspelled)
Species Heterocyathus heterocostatus Harrison, 1911 accepted as Heterocyathus alternatus Verrill, 1865
Species Heterocyathus incrustans (Dennant, 1906) accepted as Heterocyathus sulcatus (Verrill, 1866) (synonym)
Species Heterocyathus japonica (Verrill, 1866) accepted as Heterocyathus japonicus (Verrill, 1866) (wrong spelling)
Species Heterocyathus lamellosus (Verrill, 1865) accepted as Heterocyathus aequicostatus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 (synonym)
Species Heterocyathus mai Cheng, 1971 accepted as Heterocyathus alternatus Verrill, 1865 (synonym)
Species Heterocyathus oblongatus Rehberg, 1892 accepted as Heterocyathus aequicostatus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 (synonym)
Species Heterocyathus parasiticus Semper, 1872 accepted as Heterocyathus alternatus Verrill, 1865
Species Heterocyathus philippensis Semper, 1872 accepted as Heterocyathus aequicostatus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 (synonym, wrong spelling)
Species Heterocyathus philippinensis Semper, 1872 accepted as Heterocyathus aequicostatus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
Species Heterocyathus pulchellus Rehberg, 1892 accepted as Heterocyathus sulcatus (Verrill, 1866)
Species Heterocyathus roussaeanus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 accepted as Heterocyathus aequicostatus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 (synonym)
Species Heterocyathus rousseaui (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857) accepted as Heterocyathus aequicostatus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 (synonym)
Species Heterocyathus woodmasoni Alcock, 1893 accepted as Heterocyathus aequicostatus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 (synonym)
Species Heterocyathus alternatus Verrill, 1865
Species Heterocyathus antoniae Reyes, Santodomingo & Cairns, 2009
Species Heterocyathus hemisphaericus Gray, 1849
Species Heterocyathus japonicus (Verrill, 1866)
Species Heterocyathus sulcatus (Verrill, 1866)
Subgenus Heterocyathus (Stephanoseris) Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851 accepted as Heterocyathus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 (synonym)
Species Heterocyathus alternata Verrill, 1865 accepted as Heterocyathus alternatus Verrill, 1865 (amended spelling)
Species Heterocyathus cochlea (Spengler, 1781) accepted as Heterocyathus aequicostatus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 (synonym)
Species Heterocyathus eupsammides Gray, 1849 accepted as Heteropsammia eupsammides (Gray, 1849) (original combination, basionym)
Species Heterocyathus hemisphericus Gray, 1849 accepted as Heterocyathus hemisphaericus Gray, 1849 (misspelled)
Species Heterocyathus heterocostatus Harrison, 1911 accepted as Heterocyathus alternatus Verrill, 1865
Species Heterocyathus incrustans (Dennant, 1906) accepted as Heterocyathus sulcatus (Verrill, 1866) (synonym)
Species Heterocyathus japonica (Verrill, 1866) accepted as Heterocyathus japonicus (Verrill, 1866) (wrong spelling)
Species Heterocyathus lamellosus (Verrill, 1865) accepted as Heterocyathus aequicostatus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 (synonym)
Species Heterocyathus mai Cheng, 1971 accepted as Heterocyathus alternatus Verrill, 1865 (synonym)
Species Heterocyathus oblongatus Rehberg, 1892 accepted as Heterocyathus aequicostatus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 (synonym)
Species Heterocyathus parasiticus Semper, 1872 accepted as Heterocyathus alternatus Verrill, 1865
Species Heterocyathus philippensis Semper, 1872 accepted as Heterocyathus aequicostatus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 (synonym, wrong spelling)
Species Heterocyathus philippinensis Semper, 1872 accepted as Heterocyathus aequicostatus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
Species Heterocyathus pulchellus Rehberg, 1892 accepted as Heterocyathus sulcatus (Verrill, 1866)
Species Heterocyathus roussaeanus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 accepted as Heterocyathus aequicostatus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 (synonym)
Species Heterocyathus rousseaui (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857) accepted as Heterocyathus aequicostatus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 (synonym)
Species Heterocyathus woodmasoni Alcock, 1893 accepted as Heterocyathus aequicostatus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Milne Edwards H, Haime J (1848) Mémoire 2. Monographie des turbinolides. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, Series 3, 9: 211-344, pls. 7-10. [details]
Depth range 0-319 m
Fossil range Pliocene to Recent
Depth range 0-319 m [details]
Fossil range Pliocene to Recent
Fossil range Pliocene to Recent [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2021). World List of Scleractinia. Heterocyathus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206380 on 2021-03-07
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original description
Milne Edwards H, Haime J (1848) Mémoire 2. Monographie des turbinolides. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, Series 3, 9: 211-344, pls. 7-10. [details]
original description (of Psammoseris Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851) Milne Edwards H, Haime J. (1851). Monographie des polypiers fossiles des terrains palaeozoïques, précédée d'un tableau général de la classification des polypes. <em>Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, Archives.</em> 5: 1–502, 20 pls. [details]
original description (of Stephanoseris Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851) Milne Edwards H, Haime J. (1851). Monographie des polypiers fossiles des terrains palaeozoïques, précédée d'un tableau général de la classification des polypes. <em>Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, Archives.</em> 5: 1–502, 20 pls. [details]
original description (of Spongiocyathus Folkeson, 1919) Folkeson, F. 1919. Madreporaria. Results of Dr. E. Mjoberg's Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia, 1910-1913. XXII. Kungliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar (4 Ser.)59: 1-23, pl. l. [details]
original description (of Brachytrochus Duncan, 1876) Duncan PM. (1876). Notices of some Deep-sea and Littoral Corals from the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean, Indian, New-Zealand, Persian Gulf, and Japanese &c. Seas. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 44: 428-442, pls. 38-41. [details]
basis of record 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]
additional source Milne Edwards H, Haime J (1850) Classification of polypi. A monograph of the British fossil corals 1: viii-lxxxv. Palaeontographical Society of London, London., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12089108 [details]
original description (of Psammoseris Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851) Milne Edwards H, Haime J. (1851). Monographie des polypiers fossiles des terrains palaeozoïques, précédée d'un tableau général de la classification des polypes. <em>Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, Archives.</em> 5: 1–502, 20 pls. [details]
original description (of Stephanoseris Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851) Milne Edwards H, Haime J. (1851). Monographie des polypiers fossiles des terrains palaeozoïques, précédée d'un tableau général de la classification des polypes. <em>Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, Archives.</em> 5: 1–502, 20 pls. [details]
original description (of Spongiocyathus Folkeson, 1919) Folkeson, F. 1919. Madreporaria. Results of Dr. E. Mjoberg's Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia, 1910-1913. XXII. Kungliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar (4 Ser.)59: 1-23, pl. l. [details]
original description (of Brachytrochus Duncan, 1876) Duncan PM. (1876). Notices of some Deep-sea and Littoral Corals from the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean, Indian, New-Zealand, Persian Gulf, and Japanese &c. Seas. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 44: 428-442, pls. 38-41. [details]
basis of record 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]
additional source Milne Edwards H, Haime J (1850) Classification of polypi. A monograph of the British fossil corals 1: viii-lxxxv. Palaeontographical Society of London, London., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12089108 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
