WoRMS taxon details
Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) rugosa Moseley, 1880
286763 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:286763)
accepted
Species
Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) paraoctopali Yabe & Eguchi, 1941 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Caryophyllia paraoctopali Yabe & Eguchi, 1941 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Caryophyllia rugosa Moseley, 1880 · alternative representation
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Caryophyllia rugosa Moseley, 1880) Moseley, H.N. (1881 [1880]). Report on certain hydroid, alcyonarian, and madreporarian corals procured during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger, in the years 1873–1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 2 (part 7): 1-248, pl. Hydrocorallinae 1-14, Helioporidae 1-2, Madreporaria 1-16., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-07/README.htm [details]
Depth range 71-581 m
Depth range 71-581 m [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) rugosa Moseley, 1880. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=286763 on 2025-07-14
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Caryophyllia rugosa Moseley, 1880) Moseley, H.N. (1881 [1880]). Report on certain hydroid, alcyonarian, and madreporarian corals procured during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger, in the years 1873–1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 2 (part 7): 1-248, pl. Hydrocorallinae 1-14, Helioporidae 1-2, Madreporaria 1-16., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-07/README.htm [details]
original description (of Caryophyllia paraoctopali Yabe & Eguchi, 1941) Yabe H, Eguchi M. (1941). Corals from Toyama Bay. <em>Bulletin of the Biogeographical Society of Japan.</em> 11 (12): 101–104. [details]
basis of record Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Caryophyllia paraoctopali Yabe & Eguchi, 1941) Yabe H, Eguchi M. (1941). Corals from Toyama Bay. <em>Bulletin of the Biogeographical Society of Japan.</em> 11 (12): 101–104. [details]
basis of record Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Cairns, S.D. (1994). Scleractinia of the temperate North Pacific. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 557: 1-150. [details] Available for editors 
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redescription Cairns, S.D. (1995). The marine fauna of New Zealand: Scleractinia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa. <em>New Zealand Oceanographic Memoir.</em> 103: 1-210. [details] Available for editors [request]
redescription Cairns, S.D. & H. Zibrowius. (1997). Cnidaria Anthozoa: Azooxanthellate Scleractinia from the Philippine and Indonesian regions. <em>in: Crosnier, A. et al. (Ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 16. Campagne Franco-Indonésienne KARUBAR. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie.</em> 172: 27-244. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]redescription Cairns, S.D. (1995). The marine fauna of New Zealand: Scleractinia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa. <em>New Zealand Oceanographic Memoir.</em> 103: 1-210. [details] Available for editors
[request]redescription Cairns, S.D. & H. Zibrowius. (1997). Cnidaria Anthozoa: Azooxanthellate Scleractinia from the Philippine and Indonesian regions. <em>in: Crosnier, A. et al. (Ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 16. Campagne Franco-Indonésienne KARUBAR. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie.</em> 172: 27-244. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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context source (Deepsea)
Cairns, Stephen (look up in IMIS) [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source 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]
additional source Cairns, S.D. (1998). Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) of Western Australia. <em>Records of the Western Australian Museum.</em> 18(4): 361-417. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Cairns, S.D. (2004). The azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) of Australia. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 56(3): 259-329. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Cairns, S.D. (1999). Cnidaria Anthozoa: Deep-water azooxanthellate Scleractinia from Vanuatu, and Wallis and Futuna Islands. <em>In: Crosnier, A. (Ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 20. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie.</em> 20(180): 31-167. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Cairns, S.D. & N.B. Keller. (1993). New taxa and distributional records of azooxanthellate Scleractinia from the tropical south-west Indian Ocean, with comments on their zoogeography and ecology. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 103(5): 213-292, 13 pls. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V. Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> :59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Tachikawa, H. (2005). Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Hexacorallia, Anthozoa, Cnidaria) collected from Otsuki, Kochi prefecture, Japan. <em>Kuroshio Biosphere.</em> 2: 1-27. [details]
additional source Kitahara, M.V. & S.D. Cairns. (2021). Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Cnidaria, Anthozoa) from New Caledonia. <em>Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle.</em> 215:1-722. [details] Available for editors [request]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source 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]
additional source Cairns, S.D. (1998). Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) of Western Australia. <em>Records of the Western Australian Museum.</em> 18(4): 361-417. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Cairns, S.D. (2004). The azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) of Australia. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 56(3): 259-329. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Cairns, S.D. (1999). Cnidaria Anthozoa: Deep-water azooxanthellate Scleractinia from Vanuatu, and Wallis and Futuna Islands. <em>In: Crosnier, A. (Ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 20. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie.</em> 20(180): 31-167. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Cairns, S.D. & N.B. Keller. (1993). New taxa and distributional records of azooxanthellate Scleractinia from the tropical south-west Indian Ocean, with comments on their zoogeography and ecology. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 103(5): 213-292, 13 pls. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V. Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> :59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Tachikawa, H. (2005). Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Hexacorallia, Anthozoa, Cnidaria) collected from Otsuki, Kochi prefecture, Japan. <em>Kuroshio Biosphere.</em> 2: 1-27. [details]
additional source Kitahara, M.V. & S.D. Cairns. (2021). Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Cnidaria, Anthozoa) from New Caledonia. <em>Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle.</em> 215:1-722. [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Nontype (of Caryophyllia rugosa Moseley, 1880) AM G.17616 [details]
Nontype (of Caryophyllia rugosa Moseley, 1880) BMNH 1950.1.6.35 [details]
Nontype (of Caryophyllia rugosa Moseley, 1880) BPBM SC3128, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Caryophyllia rugosa Moseley, 1880) BPBM SC3129, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Caryophyllia rugosa Moseley, 1880) BPBM SC3130, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Caryophyllia rugosa Moseley, 1880) BPBM SC3131, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Caryophyllia rugosa Moseley, 1880) BPBM SC3132, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Caryophyllia rugosa Moseley, 1880) MNHN IC.2009-0054, geounit New Caledonian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Caryophyllia rugosa Moseley, 1880) MNHN IC.2009-0055 [details]
Nontype (of Caryophyllia rugosa Moseley, 1880) MNHN IC.2009-0056, geounit New Caledonian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Caryophyllia rugosa Moseley, 1880) MTQ a61485 [details]
Nontype (of Caryophyllia rugosa Moseley, 1880) USNM 1130990, geounit New Caledonian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Caryophyllia rugosa Moseley, 1880) USNM 1130991, geounit New Caledonian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Caryophyllia rugosa Moseley, 1880) USNM 60552, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Caryophyllia rugosa Moseley, 1880) USNM 60553, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Caryophyllia rugosa Moseley, 1880) USNM 60554, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Caryophyllia rugosa Moseley, 1880) USNM 62477, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Caryophyllia rugosa Moseley, 1880) USNM 77212, geounit Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Caryophyllia rugosa Moseley, 1880) USNM 77213, geounit Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Caryophyllia rugosa Moseley, 1880) USNM 91528, geounit Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Caryophyllia rugosa Moseley, 1880) USNM 91529, geounit South African Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Caryophyllia rugosa Moseley, 1880) USNM, geounit South African Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype AM G15559, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype AM G15896, geounit High Seas [details]
Nontype MNHN, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype MNHN, geounit Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype MNHN, geounit Vanuatu Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype MNHN, geounit Wallis and Futuna Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype MNHN, geounit Wallis and Futuna Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype NMNZ CO231, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype NMNZ CO233, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype NMNZ CO251, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype NMNZ CO255, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype NMNZ CO82, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype NMNZ CO87, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype NMNZ CO94, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype RMNH 22746, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 88387, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 94003, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 94004, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 94005, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 96797, geounit Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 96798, geounit Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 96799, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 97815, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 98616, geounit Vanuatu Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 98617, geounit Vanuatu Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 98618, geounit Vanuatu Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 456-96, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 67-83, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paratype (of Caryophyllia paraoctopali Yabe & Eguchi, 1941) IGPS 53646, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paratype (of Caryophyllia paraoctopali Yabe & Eguchi, 1941) IGPS 53648, 53645, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type ORI, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type USNM 92673, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type USNM 92674, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type ZMUC, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type ZMUC, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unreviewed
Biology azooxanthellate [details]Depth range 71-581 m [details]
Habitat deep shelf to slope [details]
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) (from synonym Caryophyllia rugosa Moseley, 1880)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Caryophyllia rugosa) (from synonym Caryophyllia rugosa Moseley, 1880)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Caryophyllia rugosa Moseley, 1880)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (90 records)
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Caryophyllia rugosa) (from synonym Caryophyllia rugosa Moseley, 1880)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Caryophyllia rugosa Moseley, 1880)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (90 records)
To ITIS
