Word list of Scleractinia - Cricocyathus Quenstedt, 1879 †

Scleractinia taxon details

Cricocyathus Quenstedt, 1879 †

Holotype of Leptaxis elliptica Reuss

AphiaID

1510341 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1510341)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Faviidae Haime & Milne Edwards, 1857

Original name

Cricocyathus Quenstedt, 1879 †

Synonymised names

Circophyllia (Leptaxis) Reuss, 1868 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Leptaxis Reus, 1868 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Direct children (3)

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Species Cricocyathus elliptica (Reuss, 1868) †
Species Cricocyathus expansa (Felix, 1885) †
Species Cricocyathus grumi (Catullo, 1852) †

Environment

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

Fossil range

fossil only

Original description

Quenstedt, F. A. (1879). Petrefactenkunde Deutschlands. Die Röhren- und Steinkorallen. 6(8): 154-624. Leipzig: Fues's Verlag. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Cricocyathus Quenstedt, 1879 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1510341 on 2026-10-12

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original description Quenstedt, F. A. (1879). Petrefactenkunde Deutschlands. Die Röhren- und Steinkorallen. 6(8): 154-624. Leipzig: Fues's Verlag. [details]

original description (of Leptaxis Reus, 1868 †) Reuss, A. E. (1868). Paläontologische Studien über die älteren Tertiärschichten der Alpen. I. Die fossilen Anthozoen der Schichte von Castelgomberto. <em>Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien.</em> 28: 129-184, pls. 1-16., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7214847 [details]