Deep-Sea taxon details
Crispatotrochus Tenison-Woods, 1878
267348 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:267348)
accepted
Genus
Cyathoceras Moseley, 1880 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Species Crispatotrochus cornu (Moseley, 1880)
- Species Crispatotrochus curvatus Cairns, 1995
- Species Crispatotrochus galapagensis Cairns, 1991
- Species Crispatotrochus irregularis (Cairns, 1982)
- Species Crispatotrochus rubescens (Moseley, 1880)
- Species Crispatotrochus rugosus Cairns, 1995
- Species Crispatotrochus squiresi (Cairns, 1979)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Tenison Woods, J. E. (1878). On the extratropical corals of Australia. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> 2: 292-341, pls 4-6. [details]
Depth range 77-2505 m
Fossil range Upper Cretaceous to Recent
Depth range 77-2505 m [details]
Fossil range Upper Cretaceous to Recent
Fossil range Upper Cretaceous to Recent [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Crispatotrochus Tenison-Woods, 1878. 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=267348 on 2026-06-12
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Crispatotrochus Tenison-Woods, 1878. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267348 on 2026-06-12
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original description
Tenison Woods, J. E. (1878). On the extratropical corals of Australia. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> 2: 292-341, pls 4-6. [details]
original description (of Cyathoceras Moseley, 1880) Moseley, H.N. (1881 [1880]). Report on certain hydroid, alcyonarian, and madreporarian corals procured during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger, in the years 1873–1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 2 (part 7): 1-248, pl. Hydrocorallinae 1-14, Helioporidae 1-2, Madreporaria 1-16., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-07/README.htm [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 Daly, M.M., Fautin D.G., Cappola V.A., 2003. Systematics of the Hexacorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 139 3: 419-437., available online at https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1096-3642.2003.00084.x
page(s): 424-425, 427-428 [details] Available for editors
additional source Randall RH. (2003). An annotated checklist of hydrozoan and scleractinian corals collected from Guam and other Mariana Islands. <em>Micronesica.</em> 35-36: 121-137.
page(s): 135 [details]
additional source Spadini, V. (2018). The genus Crispatotrochus Tenison-Woods, 1878 (Anthozoa Scleractinia) from the Mediterranean Pliocene. <em>Biodiversity Journal.</em> 9(4): 345-350., available online at https://doi.org/10.31396/biodiv.jour.2018.9.4.345.350 [details]
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 Cairns, S.D., R. Baron-Szabo, A.F. Budd, B. Lathuilière, E. Roniewicz, J. Stolarski & K.G. Johnson. (2010). Corallosphere. , available online at http://www.corallosphere.org [details]
redescription Cairns, S. D. (1991). A Revision of the Ahermatypic Scleractinia of the Galapagos and Cocos Islands. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 504; 44 pp., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.504 [details] Available for editors
redescription Kitahara, M.V. & S.D. Cairns. (2008). New records of the genus Crispatotrochus (Scleractinia: Caryophylliidae) from New Caledonia, with description of a new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1940: 59-68., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1940.1.6 [details] Available for editors
original description (of Cyathoceras Moseley, 1880) Moseley, H.N. (1881 [1880]). Report on certain hydroid, alcyonarian, and madreporarian corals procured during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger, in the years 1873–1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 2 (part 7): 1-248, pl. Hydrocorallinae 1-14, Helioporidae 1-2, Madreporaria 1-16., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-07/README.htm [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 Daly, M.M., Fautin D.G., Cappola V.A., 2003. Systematics of the Hexacorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 139 3: 419-437., available online at https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1096-3642.2003.00084.x
page(s): 424-425, 427-428 [details] Available for editors
additional source Randall RH. (2003). An annotated checklist of hydrozoan and scleractinian corals collected from Guam and other Mariana Islands. <em>Micronesica.</em> 35-36: 121-137.
page(s): 135 [details]
additional source Spadini, V. (2018). The genus Crispatotrochus Tenison-Woods, 1878 (Anthozoa Scleractinia) from the Mediterranean Pliocene. <em>Biodiversity Journal.</em> 9(4): 345-350., available online at https://doi.org/10.31396/biodiv.jour.2018.9.4.345.350 [details]
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 Cairns, S.D., R. Baron-Szabo, A.F. Budd, B. Lathuilière, E. Roniewicz, J. Stolarski & K.G. Johnson. (2010). Corallosphere. , available online at http://www.corallosphere.org [details]
redescription Cairns, S. D. (1991). A Revision of the Ahermatypic Scleractinia of the Galapagos and Cocos Islands. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 504; 44 pp., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.504 [details] Available for editors
redescription Kitahara, M.V. & S.D. Cairns. (2008). New records of the genus Crispatotrochus (Scleractinia: Caryophylliidae) from New Caledonia, with description of a new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1940: 59-68., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1940.1.6 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unknown type (of Cyathoceras Moseley, 1880) USNM 47521, geounit High Seas [details]
From editor or global species database
Biology azooxanthellate [details]Comparison Like Caryophyllia but lacking pali. [details]
Depth range 77-2505 m [details]
Diagnosis Corallum solitary, ceratoid to turbinate, attached; septotheca usually costate or transverse ridges; septa in hexameral or decameral symmetry; pali absent; columella fascicular; no endotheca. [details]
Fossil range Upper Cretaceous to Recent [details]
Remark About four fossil species and 12 Recent species. Genus partially revised by Cairns (1991) [details]
