WoRMS taxon details
Tethocyathus Kuehn, 1933
AphiaID: 135103
AphiaID: 135103
| 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 | Thecocyathus microphyllus Reuss, 1871 † | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Caryophylliidae Dana, 1846 | |||||||||||||
| 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: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [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] redescription: Lattig, P., and S.D. Cairns, 2000. A new species of Tethocyathus (Scleractinia: Caryophylliidae). Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 113(3): 590-595, 1 pl. [details] redescription: Cairns, S.D., 1995. The marine fauna of New Zealand: Scleractinia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa). N. Z. Oceanographic Mem, 103: 210 pp. [details] | |||||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Tethocyathus cylindraceus (Pourtalès, 1868) Species Tethocyathus endesa Cairns, Haeussermann & Foersterra, 2005 Species Tethocyathus minor (Gardiner, 1899) Species Tethocyathus prahli Lattig & Cairns, 2000 Species Tethocyathus recurvatus (Pourtalès, 1878) Species Tethocyathus variabilis Cairns, 1979 Species Tethocyathus virgatus (Alcock, 1902) | |||||||||||||
| Environment | marine | |||||||||||||
| Fossil range | recent + fossil | |||||||||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | |||||||||||||
| Notes |
Biology: azooxanthellate [details] Depth range: 15-860 m [details] Fossil range: Eocene to Recent [details] | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135103 | |||||||||||||
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| Citation: Cairns, S.; Hoeksema, B. (2013). Tethocyathus Kuehn, 1933. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135103 on 2013-05-18 | ||||||||||||||
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