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)
Acanthotrochus Alth, 1881 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Brachytrochus Reuss, 1864 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Brachytrochus Duncan, 1876 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (homonym)
Brachytrossatus Strand, 1926 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Heterocyathus (Stephanoseris) Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Psammoseris Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Spongiocyathus Folkeson, 1919 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Stephanoseris Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Species Heterocyathus aequicostatus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
- Species Heterocyathus alternatus Verrill, 1866
- Species Heterocyathus antoniae Reyes, Santodomingo & Cairns, 2009
- Species Heterocyathus hemisphaericus Gray, 1849
- Species Heterocyathus japonicus (Verrill, 1866)
- Species Heterocyathus monileseptatum Filander & Kitahara, 2021
- Species Heterocyathus sulcatus (Verrill, 1866)
- Subgenus Heterocyathus (Stephanoseris) Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851 accepted as Heterocyathus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Heterocyathus alternata Verrill, 1866 accepted as Heterocyathus alternatus Verrill, 1866 (unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
- Species Heterocyathus cochlea (Spengler, 1781) accepted as Heterocyathus aequicostatus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Heterocyathus cylicioides (Tenison-Woods, 1879) accepted as Heterocyathus sulcatus (Verrill, 1866) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Heterocyathus eupsammides Gray, 1849 accepted as Heteropsammia eupsammides (Gray, 1849) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
- Species Heterocyathus hemisphericus Gray, 1849 accepted as Heterocyathus hemisphaericus Gray, 1849 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Species Heterocyathus heterocostatus Harrison, 1911 accepted as Heterocyathus alternatus Verrill, 1866 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Heterocyathus incrustans (Dennant, 1906) accepted as Heterocyathus sulcatus (Verrill, 1866) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Heterocyathus japonica (Verrill, 1866) accepted as Heterocyathus japonicus (Verrill, 1866) (unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
- Species Heterocyathus lamellosus (Verrill, 1865) accepted as Heterocyathus aequicostatus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Heterocyathus mai Cheng, 1971 accepted as Heterocyathus alternatus Verrill, 1866 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Heterocyathus oblongatus Rehberg, 1892 accepted as Heterocyathus aequicostatus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Heterocyathus parasiticus Semper, 1872 accepted as Heterocyathus alternatus Verrill, 1866 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Heterocyathus philippensis Semper, 1872 accepted as Heterocyathus aequicostatus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, misspelling)
- Species Heterocyathus philippinensis Semper, 1872 accepted as Heterocyathus aequicostatus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Heterocyathus pulchellus Rehberg, 1892 accepted as Heterocyathus sulcatus (Verrill, 1866) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Heterocyathus roussaeanus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 accepted as Heterocyathus aequicostatus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Heterocyathus rousseaui (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857) accepted as Heterocyathus aequicostatus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Heterocyathus woodmasoni Alcock, 1893 accepted as Heterocyathus aequicostatus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
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 0-319 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. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Heterocyathus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206380 on 2025-07-14
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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]
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., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25098869 [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 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., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25098869 [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., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29099627#page/524/mode/1up [details]
original description (of Brachytrossatus Strand, 1926 †) Strand, E. (1826). Miscellanea nomenclatorica zoologica et palaeontologica I-II. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 92A (8): 30-75. [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]
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., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25098869 [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 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., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25098869 [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., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29099627#page/524/mode/1up [details]
original description (of Brachytrossatus Strand, 1926 †) Strand, E. (1826). Miscellanea nomenclatorica zoologica et palaeontologica I-II. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 92A (8): 30-75. [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]
Other
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 Martens, V. (1876). Einiges aus den zoologischen Sammlungen. Sitzungs-Berichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin, 1876, 18-21
page(s): 20 [details]
additional source Milne Edwards H, Haime J. (1850-1854). A monograph of the British fossil Corals. The Palaeontographical Society, London. <em>Monographs of the Palaeontographical Society.</em> 1 : i-lxxxv, 1-72, pls. 1-11; 2: 73-146, pls. 12-30; 3: 147-210, pls. 31-46; 4: i-xvi, 211-244, pls. 47-56; 5: 245-322, pls. 57-72., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12089108 [details]
additional source Martens, V. (1876). Einiges aus den zoologischen Sammlungen. Sitzungs-Berichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin, 1876, 18-21
page(s): 20 [details]
additional source Milne Edwards H, Haime J. (1850-1854). A monograph of the British fossil Corals. The Palaeontographical Society, London. <em>Monographs of the Palaeontographical Society.</em> 1 : i-lxxxv, 1-72, pls. 1-11; 2: 73-146, pls. 12-30; 3: 147-210, pls. 31-46; 4: i-xvi, 211-244, pls. 47-56; 5: 245-322, pls. 57-72., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12089108 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
