World Register of Deep-Sea species - Caryophyllia elongata Cairns & Keller, 1993

Deep-Sea name details

Caryophyllia elongata Cairns & Keller, 1993

AphiaID

1448627 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1448627)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Accepted name

Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) crosnieri Cairns & Zibrowius, 1997

Rank

Species

Parent

Caryophyllia Lamarck, 1801

Original name

Caryophyllia elongata Cairns & Keller, 1993

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

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

Type data

Holotype SIO, geounit High Seas

Holotype SIO, geounit High Seas [details]

Taxonomic citation

Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Caryophyllia elongata Cairns & Keller, 1993. 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=1448627 on 2026-05-04

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Caryophyllia elongata Cairns & Keller, 1993. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1448627 on 2026-05-04

Taxonomic edit history

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2020-07-16 08:11:27Z

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Hoeksema, Bert

2020-07-29 20:44:48Z

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Hoeksema, Bert

2021-09-27 08:26:49Z

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Hoeksema, Bert

2022-12-31 09:56:23Z

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Hoeksema, Bert

2025-11-17 14:58:47Z

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Specimens (1)

original description 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 (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Holotype SIO, geounit High Seas [details]