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Stephanocyathus Seguenza, 1864 
AphiaID: 135102

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Caryophylliidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Stephanocyathus elegans Seguenza, 1864 † (type by subsequent designation)
Parent Caryophylliidae Dana, 1846
Synonymised
taxa		  Sabinotrochus Duncan, 1873
 Stephanotrochus Moseley, 1881
Sources  basis of record: Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema, and J. van der Land, 2001. Scleractinia, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 109-110 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source: Cairns, S.D., R. Baron-Szabo, A. F. Budd, B. Lathuiliere, E. Roniewicz, J. Stolarski, and K. G. Johnson (2010). Corallosphere, available online at http://www.corallosphere.org [details]

Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Subgenus Stephanocyathus (Acinocyathus) Wells, 1984
  » Species Stephanocyathus (Acinocyathus) explanans (Marenzeller, 1904)
» Species Stephanocyathus (Acinocyathus) spiniger (Marenzeller, 1888)
Subgenus Stephanocyathus (Odontocyathus) Moseley, 1881
  » Species Stephanocyathus (Odontocyathus) campaniformis (Marenzeller, 1904)
» Species Stephanocyathus (Odontocyathus) coronatus (Pourtalès, 1867)
» Species Stephanocyathus (Odontocyathus) nobilis (Moseley in Thompson, 1873)
» Species Stephanocyathus (Odontocyathus) weberianus (Alcock, 1902)
» Species Stephanocyathus (Odontocyathus) ixine Squires, 1958 † accepted as Stephanocyathus (Odontocyathus) weberianus (Alcock, 1902)
Subgenus Stephanocyathus (Stephanocyathus) Seguenza, 1864
  » Species Stephanocyathus (Stephanocyathus) bipatella (Alcock, 1902)
» Species Stephanocyathus (Stephanocyathus) crassus (Jourdan, 1895)
» Species Stephanocyathus (Stephanocyathus) diadema (Moseley, 1876)
» Species Stephanocyathus (Stephanocyathus) imperialis Cairns, 2004
» Species Stephanocyathus (Stephanocyathus) isabellae Reyes, Santodomingo & Cairns, 2009
» Species Stephanocyathus (Stephanocyathus) laevifundus Cairns, 1977
» Species Stephanocyathus (Stephanocyathus) moseleyanus (Sclater, 1886)
» Species Stephanocyathus (Stephanocyathus) paliferus Cairns, 1977
» Species Stephanocyathus (Stephanocyathus) platypus (Moseley, 1876)
» Species Stephanocyathus (Stephanocyathus) regius Cairns & Zibrowius, 1997
Species Stephanocyathus elegans Seguenza, 1864 †
Environment marine
Fossil range recent + fossil
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
Notes  Biology: azooxanthellate [details]

Depth range: 220-2553 m [details]

Fossil range: Cretaceous to Recent [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135102
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Hoeksema, Bert
2010-08-19 13:35:51Z  changed  Cairns, Stephen
2010-09-09 20:29:02Z  changed  Cairns, Stephen
  
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  Citation: Cairns, S.; Hoeksema, B. (2013). Stephanocyathus Seguenza, 1864. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135102 on 2013-06-19
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