Deep-Sea taxon details
Peponocyathus dawsoni Cairns, 1995
287128 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:287128)
accepted
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Cairns, S.D. (1995). The marine fauna of New Zealand: Scleractinia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa. <em>New Zealand Oceanographic Memoir.</em> 103: 1-210. [details] Available for editors 
Holotype NMNZ CO245, geounit New Zealand Exclusive...
Holotype NMNZ CO245, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Depth range 87-988 m
Depth range 87-988 m [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Peponocyathus dawsoni Cairns, 1995. 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=287128 on 2026-07-09
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Peponocyathus dawsoni Cairns, 1995. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=287128 on 2026-07-09
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Cairns, S.D. (1995). The marine fauna of New Zealand: Scleractinia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa. <em>New Zealand Oceanographic Memoir.</em> 103: 1-210. [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. (1997). A generic revision and phylogenetic analysis of the Turbinoliidae (Cnidaria: Scleractinia). <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 591: 1-55., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.591 [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 Vaga, C.F., M.V. Kitahara & S.D. Cairns. (2023). Re-synonymization of the genus Deltocyathoides with Peponocyathus (Anthozoa: Scleractinia: Turbinoliidae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5271(3): 595-598., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5271.3.12 [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (1999). Appendix: List of extant stony corals. <em>Atoll Research Bulletin.</em> 459: 13-46.
page(s): 40 [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. (1997). A generic revision and phylogenetic analysis of the Turbinoliidae (Cnidaria: Scleractinia). <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 591: 1-55., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.591 [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 Vaga, C.F., M.V. Kitahara & S.D. Cairns. (2023). Re-synonymization of the genus Deltocyathoides with Peponocyathus (Anthozoa: Scleractinia: Turbinoliidae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5271(3): 595-598., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5271.3.12 [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (1999). Appendix: List of extant stony corals. <em>Atoll Research Bulletin.</em> 459: 13-46.
page(s): 40 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype NMNZ CO245, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paratype NMNZ CO271, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paratype NZOI P-1038, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paratype NZOI P-1039, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paratype NZOI P-1040, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paratype NZOI P-1042, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paratype USNM 81802, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paratype USNM 94180, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paratype USNM 94181, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paratype USNM 94182, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
