WoRMS taxon details
Cycloseris Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849
204552 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:204552)
accepted
Genus
Fungia cyclolites Lamarck, 1815 accepted as Cycloseris cyclolites (Lamarck, 1815) (type by monotypy)
Cyclophyllopsis Alloiteau, 1952 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cycloseris (Diaseris) Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Diaseris Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Ecmesus Philippi, 1841 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Fungia (Cycloseris) Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Fungia (Diaseris) Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Funginellastraea Alloiteau, 1952 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Hemicyathus Seguenza, 1862 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Javanoseris Gerth, 1921 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Species Cycloseris boschmai Hoeksema, 2014
- Species Cycloseris costulata (Ortmann, 1889)
- Species Cycloseris curvata (Hoeksema, 1989)
- Species Cycloseris cyclolites (Lamarck, 1815)
- Species Cycloseris densicolumellus Latypov, 2014
- Species Cycloseris distorta (Michelin, 1842)
- Species Cycloseris explanulata (van der Horst, 1922)
- Species Cycloseris fragilis (Alcock, 1893)
- Species Cycloseris mokai (Hoeksema, 1989)
- Species Cycloseris sinensis Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851
- Species Cycloseris somervillei (Gardiner, 1909)
- Species Cycloseris tenuis (Dana, 1846)
- Species Cycloseris vaughani (Boschma, 1923)
- Species Cycloseris wellsi (Veron & Pichon, 1980)
- Subgenus Cycloseris (Diaseris) Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 accepted as Cycloseris Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Cycloseris (Diaseris) distorta (Michelin, 1842) accepted as Cycloseris distorta (Michelin, 1842) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Cycloseris colini Veron, 2000 accepted as Lithophyllon spinifer (Claereboudt & Hoeksema, 1987) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Cycloseris cooperi (Gardiner, 1909) accepted as Cycloseris tenuis (Dana, 1846) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Cycloseris discus Quelch, 1886 accepted as Cycloseris sinensis Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Cycloseris doederleini (von Marenzeller, 1907) accepted as Cantharellus doederleini (von Marenzeller, 1907) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Cycloseris elegans (Verrill, 1870) accepted as Cycloseris curvata (Hoeksema, 1989) (unaccepted > junior homonym)
- Species Cycloseris erosa (Döderlein, 1901) accepted as Cycloseris tenuis (Dana, 1846) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Cycloseris freycineti (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851) accepted as Cycloseris distorta (Michelin, 1842) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Cycloseris hexagonalis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) accepted as Sinuorota hexagonalis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Cycloseris marginata (Boschma, 1923) accepted as Cycloseris costulata (Ortmann, 1889) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Cycloseris mexicana Durham, 1947 accepted as Cycloseris distorta (Michelin, 1842) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Cycloseris mortoni (Tenison-Woods, 1880) accepted as Cycloseris cyclolites (Lamarck, 1815) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Cycloseris mycoides Alcock, 1893 accepted as Cycloseris sinensis Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Cycloseris noumeae (Hoeksema & Best, 1984) accepted as Cantharellus noumeae Hoeksema & Best, 1984 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Cycloseris patella (Ellis & Solander, 1786) accepted as Cycloseris fragilis (Alcock, 1893) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Cycloseris patelliformis (Boschma, 1923) accepted as Cycloseris fragilis (Alcock, 1893) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Cycloseris patellioformis (Boschma, 1923) accepted as Cycloseris fragilis (Alcock, 1893) (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Species Cycloseris sibogae (Van der Hors, 1921t) accepted as Cycloseris cyclolites (Lamarck, 1815) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Cycloseris similis Nemenzo, 1976 accepted as Heliofungia fralinae (Nemenzo, 1955) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Cycloseris sinuosa Nemenzo, 1983 accepted as Lithophyllon concinna (Verrill, 1864) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, misspelling)
- Species Cycloseris sinuousa Nemenzo, 1983 accepted as Lithophyllon concinna (Verrill, 1864) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Fungia (Cycloseris) Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) Milne Edwards H, Haime J. (1849). Mémoire sur les Polypes appartenant à la famille des Oculinides, au groupe intermédiaire des Pseudastréides et à la famille des Fongides. <em>Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences, Paris.</em> 29: 67-73., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1225794 [details]
Description Corals are solitary, free-living, flat or dome-shaped, circular or slightly oval in outline, with a central mouth. Septa...
Description Corals are solitary, free-living, flat or dome-shaped, circular or slightly oval in outline, with a central mouth. Septa have fine teeth, costae are fine, without undersurface pits. Polyps are usually extended only at night. Fine tentacles cover the upper surface of the disc. (Veron, 1986 <57>) [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Cycloseris Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204552 on 2025-02-08
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original description
(of Diaseris Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) Milne Edwards H, Haime J. (1849). Mémoire sur les Polypes appartenant à la famille des Oculinides, au groupe intermédiaire des Pseudastréides et à la famille des Fongides. <em>Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences, Paris.</em> 29: 67-73., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1225794 [details]
original description (of Fungia (Cycloseris) Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) Milne Edwards H, Haime J. (1849). Mémoire sur les Polypes appartenant à la famille des Oculinides, au groupe intermédiaire des Pseudastréides et à la famille des Fongides. <em>Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences, Paris.</em> 29: 67-73., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1225794 [details]
original description (of Javanoseris Gerth, 1921 †) Gerth H. (1921). Coelenterata. Anthozoa. In K. Martin (ed.): Die Fossilien von Java auf Grund einer Sammlung von Dr. R.D.M. Verbeek und von Anderen. <em>Sammlungen des Geologischen Reichs-Museums in Leiden. Neue Folge.</em> 1 (2): 387-445, pls. 55-57. [details]
original description (of Ecmesus Philippi, 1841 †) Philippi, R. A. (1841). Ecmesus und Phyllodes, zwei neue Genera fossiler Korallen. <em>Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geognosie, Geologie und Petrefaktenkunde.</em> 1841: 662-665, pl. 11B., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35788766 [details]
original description (of Cyclophyllopsis Alloiteau, 1952 †) Alloiteau J. (1952). Embranchement des Coelentérés. Madreporaires Post-Paleozoiques. <em>In: Piveteau J, ed. Traité de Paléontologie, Paris: Masson.</em> 539–684, pls. 1-10. [details]
original description (of Funginellastraea Alloiteau, 1952 †) Alloiteau J. (1952). Embranchement des Coelentérés. Madreporaires Post-Paleozoiques. <em>In: Piveteau J, ed. Traité de Paléontologie, Paris: Masson.</em> 539–684, pls. 1-10. [details]
basis of record Hoeksema BW. (1989). Taxonomy, phylogeny and biogeography of mushroom corals (Scleractinia: Fungiidae. <em>Zoologische Verhandelingen, Leiden.</em> 254: 1-295., available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/149013 [details]
additional source Benzoni, F., Arrigoni, R., Stefani, F., Reijnen, B.T., Montano, S. & Hoeksema, B.W. 2012. Phylogenetic position and taxonomy of Cycloseris explanulata and C. wellsi (Scleractinia: Fungiidae): lost mushroom corals find their way home. Contributions to Zoology 81: 125-146. [details]
additional source Gittenberger A, Reijnen BT, Hoeksema BW. (2011). A molecularly based phylogeny reconstruction of mushroom corals (Scleractinia: Fungiidae) with taxonomic consequences and evolutionary implications for life history traits. <em>Contributions to Zoology.</em> 80: 107-132., available online at https://brill.com/downloadpdf/journals/ctoz/80/2/article-p107_2.xml [details]
additional source Wells JW. (1966). Evolutionary development in the scleractinian family Fungiidae. In: Rees WJ (ed.) The Cnidaria and their evolution. <em>Symposium of the Zoological Society of London Academic Press, London.</em> 16: 223–246, pl. 1. [details]
additional source Veron JEN. (2000). Corals of the World. Vol. 1–3. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science and CRR, Queensland, Australia.</em> [details]
additional source Vaughan TW. (1907). Recent Madreporaria of the Hawaiian Islands and Laysan. <em>US National Museum Bulletin.</em> 59 (9): 1-427., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/10230
page(s): 115, 116, 117, 120, 417 [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 Gardiner, J.S. (1899). On the postembryonic development of Cycloseris. <em>A. Willey's Zoological Results, Zoological Results based on Material from New Britain, New Guinea, Loyalty Islands and Elsewhere, Cambridge.</em> 2: 171-175, 177-179, pls. 19-20. [details]
additional source Yazdi M, Bahrami A, Leloux J. (2011). Funginella? isfahanensis n. sp. from the upper Albian of Iran. <em>Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geológicas.</em> 28 (2): 226-234. [details]
additional source Pickett JW. (2010). Fossil corals of Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea and Antarctica: bibliography and index. <em>Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists.</em> 40: 1-189. [details]
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): 131 [details]
status source Milne Edwards H (1860) Histoire naturelle des coralliaires ou polypes proprement dits 3: 1-560. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris. (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Fungia (Cycloseris) Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) Milne Edwards H, Haime J. (1849). Mémoire sur les Polypes appartenant à la famille des Oculinides, au groupe intermédiaire des Pseudastréides et à la famille des Fongides. <em>Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences, Paris.</em> 29: 67-73., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1225794 [details]
original description (of Javanoseris Gerth, 1921 †) Gerth H. (1921). Coelenterata. Anthozoa. In K. Martin (ed.): Die Fossilien von Java auf Grund einer Sammlung von Dr. R.D.M. Verbeek und von Anderen. <em>Sammlungen des Geologischen Reichs-Museums in Leiden. Neue Folge.</em> 1 (2): 387-445, pls. 55-57. [details]
original description (of Ecmesus Philippi, 1841 †) Philippi, R. A. (1841). Ecmesus und Phyllodes, zwei neue Genera fossiler Korallen. <em>Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geognosie, Geologie und Petrefaktenkunde.</em> 1841: 662-665, pl. 11B., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35788766 [details]
original description (of Cyclophyllopsis Alloiteau, 1952 †) Alloiteau J. (1952). Embranchement des Coelentérés. Madreporaires Post-Paleozoiques. <em>In: Piveteau J, ed. Traité de Paléontologie, Paris: Masson.</em> 539–684, pls. 1-10. [details]
original description (of Funginellastraea Alloiteau, 1952 †) Alloiteau J. (1952). Embranchement des Coelentérés. Madreporaires Post-Paleozoiques. <em>In: Piveteau J, ed. Traité de Paléontologie, Paris: Masson.</em> 539–684, pls. 1-10. [details]
basis of record Hoeksema BW. (1989). Taxonomy, phylogeny and biogeography of mushroom corals (Scleractinia: Fungiidae. <em>Zoologische Verhandelingen, Leiden.</em> 254: 1-295., available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/149013 [details]
additional source Benzoni, F., Arrigoni, R., Stefani, F., Reijnen, B.T., Montano, S. & Hoeksema, B.W. 2012. Phylogenetic position and taxonomy of Cycloseris explanulata and C. wellsi (Scleractinia: Fungiidae): lost mushroom corals find their way home. Contributions to Zoology 81: 125-146. [details]
additional source Gittenberger A, Reijnen BT, Hoeksema BW. (2011). A molecularly based phylogeny reconstruction of mushroom corals (Scleractinia: Fungiidae) with taxonomic consequences and evolutionary implications for life history traits. <em>Contributions to Zoology.</em> 80: 107-132., available online at https://brill.com/downloadpdf/journals/ctoz/80/2/article-p107_2.xml [details]
additional source Wells JW. (1966). Evolutionary development in the scleractinian family Fungiidae. In: Rees WJ (ed.) The Cnidaria and their evolution. <em>Symposium of the Zoological Society of London Academic Press, London.</em> 16: 223–246, pl. 1. [details]
additional source Veron JEN. (2000). Corals of the World. Vol. 1–3. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science and CRR, Queensland, Australia.</em> [details]
additional source Vaughan TW. (1907). Recent Madreporaria of the Hawaiian Islands and Laysan. <em>US National Museum Bulletin.</em> 59 (9): 1-427., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/10230
page(s): 115, 116, 117, 120, 417 [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 Gardiner, J.S. (1899). On the postembryonic development of Cycloseris. <em>A. Willey's Zoological Results, Zoological Results based on Material from New Britain, New Guinea, Loyalty Islands and Elsewhere, Cambridge.</em> 2: 171-175, 177-179, pls. 19-20. [details]
additional source Yazdi M, Bahrami A, Leloux J. (2011). Funginella? isfahanensis n. sp. from the upper Albian of Iran. <em>Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geológicas.</em> 28 (2): 226-234. [details]
additional source Pickett JW. (2010). Fossil corals of Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea and Antarctica: bibliography and index. <em>Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists.</em> 40: 1-189. [details]
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): 131 [details]
status source Milne Edwards H (1860) Histoire naturelle des coralliaires ou polypes proprement dits 3: 1-560. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris. (look up in IMIS) [details]




From editor or global species database
Remark Type species: Fungia cyclolites Lamarck, 1816 (Veron, 1986). [details]Unreviewed
Description Corals are solitary, free-living, flat or dome-shaped, circular or slightly oval in outline, with a central mouth. Septa have fine teeth, costae are fine, without undersurface pits. Polyps are usually extended only at night. Fine tentacles cover the upper surface of the disc. (Veron, 1986 <57>) [details]
Language | Name | |
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English | plate coralmushroom coralFungia | [details] |
Japanese | ワレクサビライシ属 [from synonym]マンジュウイシ属 | [details] |
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Diaseris Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cycloseris)
To Genbank
To NHMUK collection (Cycloseris Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3462698)
To ITIS
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Diaseris Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cycloseris)
To Genbank
To NHMUK collection (Cycloseris Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3462698)
To ITIS