WoRMS taxon details
Fungiacyathus (Fungiacyathus) pusillus (De Pourtalès, 1868)
346426 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:346426)
accepted
Species
Diaseris pusillus Pourtalès, 1868 · unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)
Fungiacyathus pusillus (De Pourtalès, 1868) · alternative representation
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Diaseris pusillus Pourtalès, 1868) Pourtalès, L.F. de. (1868). Contributions to the fauna of the Gulf Stream at great depths (2d series). <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, in Cambridge.</em> 1(7): 121-142., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6587602 [details]
Depth range 285-1050 m
Depth range 285-1050 m [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S.; Samimi-Namin, K. (2026). World List of Scleractinia. Fungiacyathus (Fungiacyathus) pusillus (De Pourtalès, 1868). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=346426 on 2026-02-26
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Nomenclature
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(of Diaseris pusillus Pourtalès, 1868) Pourtalès, L.F. de. (1868). Contributions to the fauna of the Gulf Stream at great depths (2d series). <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, in Cambridge.</em> 1(7): 121-142., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6587602 [details]
basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
new combination reference Cairns, S.D. (1979). The deep-water Scleractinia of the Caribbean and adjacent waters. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands.</em> 57:1-341. [details] Available for editors
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basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
new combination reference Cairns, S.D. (1979). The deep-water Scleractinia of the Caribbean and adjacent waters. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands.</em> 57:1-341. [details] Available for editors
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context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D. (2009-2017). On line appendix: Phylogenetic list of the 711 valid Recent azooxanthellate scleractinian species with their junior synonyms and depth ranges, 28 pp. <em>In: Cold-Water Corals: The Biology and Geology of Deep-Sea Coral Habitats.</em> Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D. (1979). The deep-water Scleractinia of the Caribbean and adjacent waters. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands.</em> 57:1-341. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Cairns, S.D. (2009-2017). On line appendix: Phylogenetic list of the 711 valid Recent azooxanthellate scleractinian species with their junior synonyms and depth ranges, 28 pp. <em>In: Cold-Water Corals: The Biology and Geology of Deep-Sea Coral Habitats.</em> Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D. (1979). The deep-water Scleractinia of the Caribbean and adjacent waters. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands.</em> 57:1-341. [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Nontype (of Fungiacyathus pusillus (De Pourtalès, 1868)) USNM 45832, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Fungiacyathus pusillus (De Pourtalès, 1868)) USNM 45833, geounit Mexican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Fungiacyathus pusillus (De Pourtalès, 1868)) USNM 45834, geounit Mexican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Fungiacyathus pusillus (De Pourtalès, 1868)) USNM 45835, geounit Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
From editor or global species database
Biology azooxanthellate [details]Depth range 285-1050 m [details]
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) (from synonym Fungiacyathus pusillus (De Pourtalès, 1868))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Fungiacyathus pusillus) (from synonym Fungiacyathus pusillus (De Pourtalès, 1868))
To Genbank (from synonym Fungiacyathus pusillus (De Pourtalès, 1868))
To Genbank (from synonym Diaseris pusillus Pourtalès, 1868)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (20 records)
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Fungiacyathus pusillus) (from synonym Fungiacyathus pusillus (De Pourtalès, 1868))
To Genbank (from synonym Fungiacyathus pusillus (De Pourtalès, 1868))
To Genbank (from synonym Diaseris pusillus Pourtalès, 1868)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (20 records)
To ITIS
