Deep-Sea taxon details
Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) crosnieri Cairns & Zibrowius, 1997
286736 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:286736)
accepted
Species
Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) elongata Cairns & Keller, 1993 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (homonym)
Caryophyllia elongata Cairns & Keller, 1993 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, fresh, terrestrial
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 
Depth range 133-1050 m
Taxonomy Replacement name for junior homonym C. elongata Cairns & Keller, 1993
Depth range 133-1050 m [details]
Taxonomy Replacement name for junior homonym C. elongata Cairns & Keller, 1993
Taxonomy Replacement name for junior homonym C. elongata Cairns & Keller, 1993 [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) crosnieri Cairns & Zibrowius, 1997. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=286736 on 2026-05-17
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) crosnieri Cairns & Zibrowius, 1997. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=286736 on 2026-05-17
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original description
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
original description (of Caryophyllia elongata Cairns & Keller, 1993) 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
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]
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]
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. (2004). The azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) of Australia. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 56(3): 259-329., available online at https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.56.2004.1434 [details] Available for editors
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
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
additional source Kitahara, M.V., Cairns, S.D. (2021). Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Cnidaria, Anthozoa) from New Caledonia. <em>Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle.</em> 215:1-722. [details] Available for editors
additional source Boury-Esnault, N.; Bellan, G.; Bellan-Santini, D.; Boudouresque, C.-F.; Chevaldonné, P.; Dias, A.; Faget, D.; Harmelin, J.-G.; Harmelin-Vivien, M.; Lejeusne, C.; Pérez, T.; Vacelet, J.; Verlaque, M. (2023). The Station Marine d'Endoume, Marseille: 150 years of natural history. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5249(2): 213-252. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5249.2.3 [details] Available for editors
original description (of Caryophyllia elongata Cairns & Keller, 1993) 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
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]
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]
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. (2004). The azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) of Australia. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 56(3): 259-329., available online at https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.56.2004.1434 [details] Available for editors
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
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
additional source Kitahara, M.V., Cairns, S.D. (2021). Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Cnidaria, Anthozoa) from New Caledonia. <em>Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle.</em> 215:1-722. [details] Available for editors
additional source Boury-Esnault, N.; Bellan, G.; Bellan-Santini, D.; Boudouresque, C.-F.; Chevaldonné, P.; Dias, A.; Faget, D.; Harmelin, J.-G.; Harmelin-Vivien, M.; Lejeusne, C.; Pérez, T.; Vacelet, J.; Verlaque, M. (2023). The Station Marine d'Endoume, Marseille: 150 years of natural history. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5249(2): 213-252. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5249.2.3 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Nontype (of Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) elongata Cairns & Keller, 1993) NMNZ CO85, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) elongata Cairns & Keller, 1993) USNM 94054, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) elongata Cairns & Keller, 1993) USNM 94055, geounit High Seas [details]
Nontype (of Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) elongata Cairns & Keller, 1993) USNM 94056, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype AM G15890, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype AM G16482, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype AM G16669, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype MNHN, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype MNHN, geounit Vanuatu Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype MNHN, geounit Vanuatu Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype MNHN, geounit Vanuatu Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype MNHN, geounit Vanuatu 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 POLIPI, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype RMNH 22884, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype RMNH 22885, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 96785, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 98620, geounit Vanuatu Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 98621, geounit Vanuatu Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 98622, geounit Vanuatu Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 98623, geounit Wallis and Futuna Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM Z13071, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM Z13073, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type MNHN, geounit Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
