Deep-Sea 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.L.; 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: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1746115 on 2026-08-08
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Stephanocyathidae Vaga, Cairns & Kitahara, 2024. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1746115 on 2026-08-08
original description
Vaga, C.F.; Seiblitz, I.G.L.; 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]
