Deep-Sea taxon details
Deltocyathus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
135092 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135092)
accepted
Genus
- Species Deltocyathus agassizii Pourtalès, 1867
- Species Deltocyathus andamanicus Alcock, 1898
- Species Deltocyathus calcar Pourtalès, 1874
- Species Deltocyathus cameratus Cairns, 1999
- Species Deltocyathus crassiseptum Cairns, 1999
- Species Deltocyathus eccentricus Cairns, 1979
- Species Deltocyathus inusitatus Kitahara & Cairns, 2009
- Species Deltocyathus italicus (Michelotti, 1838)
- Species Deltocyathus moseleyi Cairns, 1979
- Species Deltocyathus murrayi Gardiner & Waugh, 1938
- Species Deltocyathus nascornatus (Gardiner & Waugh, 1938)
- Species Deltocyathus parvulus Keller, 1982
- Species Deltocyathus philippinensis Cairns & Zibrowius, 1997
- Species Deltocyathus pourtalesi Cairns, 1979
- Species Deltocyathus rotulus (Alcock, 1898)
- Species Deltocyathus stella Cairns & Zibrowius, 1997
- Species Deltocyathus suluensis Alcock, 1902
- Species Deltocyathus taiwanicus Hu, 1987
- Species Deltocyathus varians Gardiner & Waugh, 1938
- Species Deltocyathus vaughani Yabe & Eguchi, 1937 (accepted > nomen novum)
- Species Deltocyathus agassizi Pourtalès, 1867 accepted as Deltocyathus agassizii Pourtalès, 1867 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Species Deltocyathus conicus Zibrowius, 1980 accepted as Deltocyathus italicus (Michelotti, 1838) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Deltocyathus formosus Cairns, 1995 accepted as Deltocyathus suluensis Alcock, 1902 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Deltocyathus fragilis Alcock, 1902 accepted as Deltocyathus rotulus (Alcock, 1898) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Deltocyathus lens Alcock, 1902 accepted as Peponocyathus orientalis (Duncan, 1876) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Deltocyathus magnificus Moseley, 1876 accepted as Dennantotrochus magnificus (Moseley, 1876) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
- Species Deltocyathus vaughani Yabe & Eguchi, 1932 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
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 44-5080 m
Fossil range Upper Cretaceous to Recent
Depth range 44-5080 m [details]
Fossil range Upper Cretaceous to Recent
Fossil range Upper Cretaceous to Recent [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Deltocyathus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135092 on 2026-01-28
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Deltocyathus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135092 on 2026-01-28
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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]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
context source (PeRMS) Cairns, S.D., V. Häussermann & G. Försterra. (2005). A review of the Scleractinia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) of Chile, with the description of two new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1018: 15-46., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1018.1.2 [details] Available for editors
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. & N.B. Keller. (1993). New taxa and distributional records of azooxanthellate Scleractinia from the tropical south-west Indian Ocean, with comments on their zoogeography and ecology. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 103(5): 213-292, 13 pls.
page(s): 245-246, Fig 5G-H [details] Available for editors
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. (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. (1999). Cnidaria Anthozoa: Deep-water azooxanthellate Scleractinia from Vanuatu, and Wallis and Futuna Islands. <em>In: Crosnier, A. (Ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 20. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie.</em> 20(180): 31-167. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 92-93 [details] Available for editors
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 Yabe H, Eguchi M. (1937). Notes on Deltocyathus and Discotrochus from Japan. <em>Science Reports of the Tohoku Imperial University, 2nd Series (Geology).</em> 19: 127-147, pl. 20. [details]
additional source Kitahara, M.V. & S.D. Cairns. (2009). A revision of the genus Deltocyathus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 (Scleractinia, Caryophylliidae) from New Caledonia, with the description of a new species. <em>Zoosystema.</em> 31(2): 233-248. [details] Available for editors
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 Milne Edwards H, Haime J. (1857). Histoire naturelle des coralliaires ou polypes proprement dits 2. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris. 631 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12403706 [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, 756-757 [details]
additional source Smith FGW. (1954). Gulf of Mexico Madreporaria. <em>Fisheries Bulletin of the Fish and Wildlife Service (U.S.).</em> 55, 291-295.
page(s): 294 [details]
additional source Kühlmann, D. H. H. (2006). Die Steinkorallensammlung im Naturhistorischen Museum in Rudolstadt (Thüringen) nebst ökologischen Bemerkungen. Rudolstädter Naturhistorische Schriften, 13, 37-113
page(s): 63, 102, 113 [details]
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
redescription Cairns, S.D. (1995). The marine fauna of New Zealand: Scleractinia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa. <em>New Zealand Oceanographic Memoir.</em> 103: 1-210. [details] Available for editors
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
context source (PeRMS) Cairns, S.D., V. Häussermann & G. Försterra. (2005). A review of the Scleractinia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) of Chile, with the description of two new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1018: 15-46., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1018.1.2 [details] Available for editors
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. & N.B. Keller. (1993). New taxa and distributional records of azooxanthellate Scleractinia from the tropical south-west Indian Ocean, with comments on their zoogeography and ecology. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 103(5): 213-292, 13 pls.
page(s): 245-246, Fig 5G-H [details] Available for editors
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. (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. (1999). Cnidaria Anthozoa: Deep-water azooxanthellate Scleractinia from Vanuatu, and Wallis and Futuna Islands. <em>In: Crosnier, A. (Ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 20. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie.</em> 20(180): 31-167. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 92-93 [details] Available for editors
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 Yabe H, Eguchi M. (1937). Notes on Deltocyathus and Discotrochus from Japan. <em>Science Reports of the Tohoku Imperial University, 2nd Series (Geology).</em> 19: 127-147, pl. 20. [details]
additional source Kitahara, M.V. & S.D. Cairns. (2009). A revision of the genus Deltocyathus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 (Scleractinia, Caryophylliidae) from New Caledonia, with the description of a new species. <em>Zoosystema.</em> 31(2): 233-248. [details] Available for editors
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 Milne Edwards H, Haime J. (1857). Histoire naturelle des coralliaires ou polypes proprement dits 2. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris. 631 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12403706 [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, 756-757 [details]
additional source Smith FGW. (1954). Gulf of Mexico Madreporaria. <em>Fisheries Bulletin of the Fish and Wildlife Service (U.S.).</em> 55, 291-295.
page(s): 294 [details]
additional source Kühlmann, D. H. H. (2006). Die Steinkorallensammlung im Naturhistorischen Museum in Rudolstadt (Thüringen) nebst ökologischen Bemerkungen. Rudolstädter Naturhistorische Schriften, 13, 37-113
page(s): 63, 102, 113 [details]
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
redescription Cairns, S.D. (1995). The marine fauna of New Zealand: Scleractinia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa. <em>New Zealand Oceanographic Memoir.</em> 103: 1-210. [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Nontype NMSR 9064, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype SIO, geounit Madagascan Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 91551, geounit South African Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
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Biology azooxanthellate [details]Depth range 44-5080 m [details]
Diagnosis Corallum solitary, discoidal to patellate, free (sometimes with a scar of previous attachment at center of base); septothecate, granular or ridged costae present; pali on all septal cycles, the axial edges of the P3 joining the P2 near the columella in a characteristic deltoid formation; columella papillose. [details]
Fossil range Upper Cretaceous to Recent [details]
Remark About a dozen fossil species and 25 Recent species. It is one of the more commonly collected of the deep-sea genera. [details]
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