WoRMS taxon details
Stephanocyathidae Vaga, Cairns & Kitahara, 2024
1746115 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1746115)
accepted
Family
Stephanocyathus Seguenza, 1864 (type by original designation)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Vaga, C.F.; Seiblitz, I.G.D.L.E.; Capel, K.C.C.; Quattrini, A.M.; Stolarski, J.; Cairns, S.D.; Kitahara, M.V. (2024). Untangling deep‐sea corals systematics: Description of a new family, Stephanocyathidae (Anthozoa, Scleractinia), through a genomic approach. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 53(4): 473-486., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12657 [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Stephanocyathidae Vaga, Cairns & Kitahara, 2024. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1746115 on 2025-11-16
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Nomenclature
original description
Vaga, C.F.; Seiblitz, I.G.D.L.E.; Capel, K.C.C.; Quattrini, A.M.; Stolarski, J.; Cairns, S.D.; Kitahara, M.V. (2024). Untangling deep‐sea corals systematics: Description of a new family, Stephanocyathidae (Anthozoa, Scleractinia), through a genomic approach. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 53(4): 473-486., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12657 [details]
From editor or global species database
Biology azooxanthellate [details]
