WoRMS taxon details
Premocyathus Yabe & Eguchi, 1942
135100 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135100)
accepted
Genus
Premocyathus compressus Yabe & Eguchi, 1942 accepted as Premocyathus dentiformis (Alcock, 1902) (type by original designation)
Species Premocyathus cornuformis (Pourtalès, 1868)
Species Premocyathus dentiformis (Alcock, 1902)
Species Premocyathus burchae Cairns, 1984 accepted as Trochocyathus (Trochocyathus) burchae (Cairns, 1984) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
Species Premocyathus compressus Yabe & Eguchi, 1942 accepted as Premocyathus dentiformis (Alcock, 1902) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Premocyathus dentiformis (Alcock, 1902)
Species Premocyathus burchae Cairns, 1984 accepted as Trochocyathus (Trochocyathus) burchae (Cairns, 1984) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
Species Premocyathus compressus Yabe & Eguchi, 1942 accepted as Premocyathus dentiformis (Alcock, 1902) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Yabe H, Eguchi M. (1942). Fossil and recent simple corals from Japan. <em>Science Reports Tohoku Imperial University, 2nd Series (Geology).</em> 22 (2): 105-178, pls. 9-12. [details]
Depth range 22-2360 m
Fossil range Pleistocene to Recent
Depth range 22-2360 m [details]
Fossil range Pleistocene to Recent
Fossil range Pleistocene to Recent [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2023). World List of Scleractinia. Premocyathus Yabe & Eguchi, 1942. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135100 on 2023-02-01
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original description
Yabe H, Eguchi M. (1942). Fossil and recent simple corals from Japan. <em>Science Reports Tohoku Imperial University, 2nd Series (Geology).</em> 22 (2): 105-178, pls. 9-12. [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [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 Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
additional source Veron JEN. (1986). Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific. <em>Angus & Robertson Publishers.</em> [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D., Baron-Szabo, R., Budd, A.F., Lathuilière, B., Roniewicz, E., Stolarski, J., Johnson, K.G. (2010). Corallosphere. , available online at http://www.corallosphere.org [details]
redescription Cairns SD. (2000). A revision of the shallow-water azooxanthellate Scleractinia of the Western Atlantic. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands.</em> 125: 1-235. [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [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 Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
additional source Veron JEN. (1986). Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific. <em>Angus & Robertson Publishers.</em> [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D., Baron-Szabo, R., Budd, A.F., Lathuilière, B., Roniewicz, E., Stolarski, J., Johnson, K.G. (2010). Corallosphere. , available online at http://www.corallosphere.org [details]
redescription Cairns SD. (2000). A revision of the shallow-water azooxanthellate Scleractinia of the Western Atlantic. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands.</em> 125: 1-235. [details]
From editor or global species database
Comparison Similar to and previously considered as a subgenus of Caryophyllia, but differs in having a compressed corallum with the convex edge bearing an alate to carinate keel, and having an open base. [details]Diagnosis Corallum solitary, free (base always open or broken); convex corallum edge bears an alate to carinate keel; septal symmetry irregular; pali before penultimate cycle of septa; columella fascicular. [details]
Remark Two species, one known from the Pleistocene. Justification of elevation to genus level given by Cairns and Zibrowius (1997). [details]
From other sources
Biology azooxanthellate [details]Depth range 22-2360 m [details]
Fossil range Pleistocene to Recent [details]
