WoRMS taxon details
Paracyathus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
135096 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135096)
accepted
Genus
Paracyathus procumbens Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 † (type by subsequent designation)
Cyathina (Paracyathus) Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 · unaccepted > superseded combination
- Species Paracyathus andersoni Duncan, 1889
- Species Paracyathus arcuatus Lindström, 1877
- Species Paracyathus cavatus Alcock, 1893
- Species Paracyathus conceptus Gardiner & Waugh, 1938
- Species Paracyathus coronatus Duncan, 1876
- Species Paracyathus darwinensis Cairns, 2004
- Species Paracyathus durhami Kitahara & Cairns, 2021
- Species Paracyathus ebonensis Verrill, 1866
- Species Paracyathus fulvus Alcock, 1893
- Species Paracyathus humilis Verrill, 1870
- Species Paracyathus indicus Duncan, 1889
- Species Paracyathus lifuensis Gardiner, 1899
- Species Paracyathus milleri Kitahara & Cairns, 2021
- Species Paracyathus molokensis Vaughan, 1907
- Species Paracyathus montereyensis Durham, 1947
- Species Paracyathus parvulus Gardiner, 1899
- Species Paracyathus persicus Duncan, 1876
- Species Paracyathus peysonneli Kitahara & Cairns, 2021
- Species Paracyathus porcellanus Verrill, 1866
- Species Paracyathus profundus Duncan, 1889
- Species Paracyathus pruinosus Alcock, 1902
- Species Paracyathus pulchellus (Philippi, 1842)
- Species Paracyathus rotundatus Semper, 1872
- Species Paracyathus stearnsii Verrill, 1869
- Species Paracyathus stokesii Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
- Species Paracyathus vittatus Dennant, 1906
- Species Paracyathus aequilamellosus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 accepted as Paracyathus pulchellus (Philippi, 1842) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Paracyathus africanus Duncan, 1878 accepted as Paracyathus pulchellus (Philippi, 1842) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Paracyathus agassizii Duncan, 1873 accepted as Paracyathus pulchellus (Philippi, 1842) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Paracyathus caeruleus Duncan, 1889 accepted as Paracyathus rotundatus Semper, 1872 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, ?)
- Species Paracyathus caltha Verrill, 1869 accepted as Paracyathus stearnsii Verrill, 1869 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Paracyathus calthus Verrill, 1869 accepted as Paracyathus stearnsii Verrill, 1869 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Paracyathus clathra Verrill, 1869 accepted as Paracyathus stearnsii Verrill, 1869 (unaccepted > misspelling)
- Species Paracyathus confertus Pourtalès, 1868 accepted as Paracyathus pulchellus (Philippi, 1842) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Paracyathus costatus Duncan, 1878 accepted as Paracyathus pulchellus (Philippi, 1842) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Paracyathus defilippii Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 accepted as Paracyathus pulchellus (Philippi, 1842) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Paracyathus flos Pourtalès, 1878 accepted as Phacelocyathus flos (Pourtalès, 1878) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
- Species Paracyathus gardineri Vaughan, 1907 accepted as Trochocyathus (Trochocyathus) gardineri (Vaughan, 1907) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
- Species Paracyathus granulosus Verill, 1885 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
- Species Paracyathus humilis Duncan, 1878 accepted as Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) smithii Stokes & Broderip, 1828 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Paracyathus inornatus Duncan, 1878 accepted as Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) inornata (Duncan, 1878) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
- Species Paracyathus insignis Duncan, 1878 accepted as Paracyathus pulchellus (Philippi, 1842) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Paracyathus laxus Pourtalès, 1880 accepted as Trochocyathus (Trochocyathus) rawsonii Pourtalès, 1874 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Paracyathus mauiensis Vaughan, 1907 accepted as Trochocyathus (Trochocyathus) mauiensis (Vaughan, 1907) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
- Species Paracyathus merguiensis Duncan, 1889 accepted as Paracyathus rotundatus Semper, 1872 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, ?)
- Species Paracyathus monilis Duncan, 1878 accepted as Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) smithii Stokes & Broderip, 1828 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Paracyathus porcellana Verrill, 1866 accepted as Paracyathus porcellanus Verrill, 1866 (unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
- Species Paracyathus porphyreus Alcock, 1893 accepted as Trochocyathus (Trochocyathus) porphyreus (Alcock, 1893) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
- Species Paracyathus pteropus Gosse, 1860 accepted as Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) smithii Stokes & Broderip, 1828 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Paracyathus rawsonii (Pourtalès, 1874) accepted as Trochocyathus (Trochocyathus) rawsonii Pourtalès, 1874 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Paracyathus stokesi Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 accepted as Paracyathus stokesii Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 (unaccepted > misspelling)
- Species Paracyathus striatus (Philippi, 1842) accepted as Paracyathus pulchellus (Philippi, 1842) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Paracyathus taxilianus Gosse, 1860 accepted as Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) smithii Stokes & Broderip, 1828 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Paracyathus tenuicalyx Vaughan, 1907 accepted as Trochocyathus (Trochocyathus) rhombocolumna Alcock, 1902 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Paracyathus thulensis Gosse, 1860 accepted as Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) smithii Stokes & Broderip, 1828 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Paracyathus tiburonensis Durham, 1947 accepted as Paracyathus stearnsii Verrill, 1869 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Paracyathus verrilli (Duncan, 1889) accepted as Polycyathus verrilli Duncan, 1889 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Paracyathus folliculus Pourtalès, 1871 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
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 0-1260 m
Fossil range Eocene to Recent
Depth range 0-1260 m [details]
Fossil range Eocene to Recent
Fossil range Eocene to Recent [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2024). World List of Scleractinia. Paracyathus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135096 on 2024-04-18
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original description
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]
basis of record Cairns, S.D., Hoeksema, B.W., and J. van der Land, 2001. Scleractinia, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 109-110 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Veron JEN. (1986). Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific. <em>Angus & Robertson Publishers.</em> [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.
page(s): 424-425, 427-429 [details] Available for editors
[request]
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 Cairns, S.D. & H. Zibrowius. (1997). Cnidaria Anthozoa: Azooxanthellate Scleractinia from the Philippine and Indonesian regions. <em>in: Crosnier, A. et al. (Ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 16. Campagne Franco-Indonésienne KARUBAR. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie.</em> 172: 27-244. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 38, 53, 61, 116-117, 221, fig. 13 g-h [details] Available for editors [request]
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]
additional source Duncan PM (1884) A revision of the families and genera of the sclerodermic Zoantharia, Ed. & H., or Madreporaria (M. Rugosa excepted). Journal of the Linnean Society of London, 18: 1-204. [details]
additional source Chevalier J-P. (1961). Recherches sur les Madreporaires et les formations recifales Miocenes de la Mediterranee occidentale. <em>Memoires de la Societe Geologique de France, Nouvelle Série.</em> 40(93): 1-562, pls. 1-26. [details]
additional source Squires DF. (1961). Deep sea corals collected by the Lamont Geological Observatory. 2. Scotia Sea corals. <em>American Museum Novitates.</em> 2046: 1-48.
page(s): 20 [details]
additional source Zibrowius, H. (1974). Scleractiniares des Iles Saint Paul et Amsterdam (sud de L'Ocean Indien). Tethys, 5(4): 747-778
page(s): 747, 766-767, Pl. 2, fig. 2 [details]
additional source Laborel, J. (1970). Les peuplements de madréporaires des côtes tropicales du Brésil. Annales de l'Université d'Abidjan, 2, E, (3): 7-261
page(s): 151, 194 [details]
additional source Bayer, F. M. (1992). The helioporacean octocoral Epiphaxum, recent and fossil: a monographic iconography. Studies in Tropical Oceanography, 15, 1-76
page(s): 56 [details] Available for editors [request]
redescription Cairns, S.D. (2000). A revision of the shallow-water azooxanthellate Scleractinia of the western Atlantic. <em>Studies on the Natural History of the Caribbean Region.</em> 75: 1-231. [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Cairns, S.D., Hoeksema, B.W., and J. van der Land, 2001. Scleractinia, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 109-110 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Veron JEN. (1986). Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific. <em>Angus & Robertson Publishers.</em> [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.
page(s): 424-425, 427-429 [details] Available for editors
[request] 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 Cairns, S.D. & H. Zibrowius. (1997). Cnidaria Anthozoa: Azooxanthellate Scleractinia from the Philippine and Indonesian regions. <em>in: Crosnier, A. et al. (Ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 16. Campagne Franco-Indonésienne KARUBAR. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie.</em> 172: 27-244. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 38, 53, 61, 116-117, 221, fig. 13 g-h [details] Available for editors
[request] 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]
additional source Duncan PM (1884) A revision of the families and genera of the sclerodermic Zoantharia, Ed. & H., or Madreporaria (M. Rugosa excepted). Journal of the Linnean Society of London, 18: 1-204. [details]
additional source Chevalier J-P. (1961). Recherches sur les Madreporaires et les formations recifales Miocenes de la Mediterranee occidentale. <em>Memoires de la Societe Geologique de France, Nouvelle Série.</em> 40(93): 1-562, pls. 1-26. [details]
additional source Squires DF. (1961). Deep sea corals collected by the Lamont Geological Observatory. 2. Scotia Sea corals. <em>American Museum Novitates.</em> 2046: 1-48.
page(s): 20 [details]
additional source Zibrowius, H. (1974). Scleractiniares des Iles Saint Paul et Amsterdam (sud de L'Ocean Indien). Tethys, 5(4): 747-778
page(s): 747, 766-767, Pl. 2, fig. 2 [details]
additional source Laborel, J. (1970). Les peuplements de madréporaires des côtes tropicales du Brésil. Annales de l'Université d'Abidjan, 2, E, (3): 7-261
page(s): 151, 194 [details]
additional source Bayer, F. M. (1992). The helioporacean octocoral Epiphaxum, recent and fossil: a monographic iconography. Studies in Tropical Oceanography, 15, 1-76
page(s): 56 [details] Available for editors
[request] redescription Cairns, S.D. (2000). A revision of the shallow-water azooxanthellate Scleractinia of the western Atlantic. <em>Studies on the Natural History of the Caribbean Region.</em> 75: 1-231. [details] Available for editors
[request] 
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Nontype BMNH, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype UAZM Coel. 1306, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
From editor or global species database
Comparison Similar to Polycyathus, but corolla are solitary, not linked by stolons. [details]Diagnosis Corallum solitary, attached, ceratoid to trochoid in shape; septotheca costate; multiple paliform lobes present on all but last septal cycle; columella papillose. [details]
Remark About 20 fossil species and 23 Recent species. [details]
From other sources
Biology azooxanthellate [details]Depth range 0-1260 m [details]
Fossil range Eocene to Recent [details]
