Deep-Sea taxon details
Bathycyathus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
267258 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:267258)
accepted
Genus
- Species Bathycyathus atlanticus Duncan, 1873 accepted as Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) atlantica (Duncan, 1873) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Milne Edwards, H.; Haime, J. (1848). Recherches sur les polypiers. Mémoire 2. Monographie des turbinolides. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, Series 3.</em> 9: 211-344, pls. 7-10. [details]
Depth range 26-420 m
Fossil range Cretaceous to Recent
Depth range 26-420 m [details]
Fossil range Cretaceous to Recent
Fossil range Cretaceous to Recent [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Bathycyathus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267258 on 2026-05-18
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Bathycyathus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267258 on 2026-05-18
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Milne Edwards, H.; Haime, J. (1848). Recherches sur les polypiers. Mémoire 2. Monographie des turbinolides. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, Series 3.</em> 9: 211-344, pls. 7-10. [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
additional source Wells JW. (1936). The nomenclature and type species of some genera of recent and fossil corals. <em>American Journal of Science.</em> 31: 97-134., available online at https://ajsonline.org/article/61464 [details]
additional source Smith FGW. (1954). Gulf of Mexico Madreporaria. <em>Fisheries Bulletin of the Fish and Wildlife Service (U.S.).</em> 55, 291-295.
page(s): 294 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
additional source Wells JW. (1936). The nomenclature and type species of some genera of recent and fossil corals. <em>American Journal of Science.</em> 31: 97-134., available online at https://ajsonline.org/article/61464 [details]
additional source Smith FGW. (1954). Gulf of Mexico Madreporaria. <em>Fisheries Bulletin of the Fish and Wildlife Service (U.S.).</em> 55, 291-295.
page(s): 294 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Biology azooxanthellate [details]Depth range 26-420 m [details]
Diagnosis Solitary, turbinate or variably conical, fixed or free. Often circular in outline in juvenile stages, becoming compressed in later ontogenetical stages. Costosepta laminar, compact. Septal margins smooth or nearly smooth. Pali not distinct from columellar laths. Columella formed by twisted trabecular segments. Endothecal dissepiments few in number. Wall septothecal, septoparathecal when not properly thickened. [details]
Fossil range Cretaceous to Recent [details]
Type designation Subsequent designation by Wells (1936) [details]
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