Deep-Sea taxon details
Notocyathus Tenison-Woods, 1880
267635 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:267635)
accepted
Genus
Citharacyathus Alcock, 1902 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (misspelling)
Citharocyathus Alcock, 1902 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Tenison Woods, J. E. (1880). Corals and Bryozoa of the Neozoic period in New Zealand. <em>Palaeontology of New Zealand. Colonial Museum and Geological Survey Department.</em> 4: i-xvi, 1-34, 3 pls. [details]
Depth range 34-1110 m
Fossil range Paleocene to Recent
Depth range 34-1110 m [details]
Fossil range Paleocene to Recent
Fossil range Paleocene to Recent [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Notocyathus Tenison-Woods, 1880. 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=267635 on 2026-01-16
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Notocyathus Tenison-Woods, 1880. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267635 on 2026-01-16
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original description
Tenison Woods, J. E. (1880). Corals and Bryozoa of the Neozoic period in New Zealand. <em>Palaeontology of New Zealand. Colonial Museum and Geological Survey Department.</em> 4: i-xvi, 1-34, 3 pls. [details]
original description (of Citharocyathus Alcock, 1902) Alcock A. (1902). Further diagnoses and descriptions of new species of corals from the "Siboga-Expedition". <em>Tijdschrift der Nederlandse Dierkundige Vereeniging (Ser. 2).</em> 7: 116-123. [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [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]
additional source Lewis, John B. 1965. A preliminary description of some marine benthic communities from Barbados, West Indies. Canadian Journal of Zoology 43: 1049-1074.
page(s): 1062 [details]
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 Yabe H, Eguchi M. (1946). Generic identity of Notocyathus Tenison Woods and Citherocyathus Alcock. <em>Proceedings of the Japan Academy.</em> 22 (1): 6-8., available online at https://doi.org/10.2183/pjab1912.17.210 [details]
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
redescription Cairns, S.D. (1989). A revision of the ahermatypic Scleractinia of the Philippine Islands and adjacent waters, Part 1: Fungiacyathidae, Micrabaciidae, Turbinoliinae, Guyniidae, and Flabellidae. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 486: 1-136. [details] Available for editors
redescription Cairns, S.D. (1997). A generic revision and phylogenetic analysis of the Turbinoliidae (Cnidaria: Scleractinia). <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 591: 1-55. [details] Available for editors
original description (of Citharocyathus Alcock, 1902) Alcock A. (1902). Further diagnoses and descriptions of new species of corals from the "Siboga-Expedition". <em>Tijdschrift der Nederlandse Dierkundige Vereeniging (Ser. 2).</em> 7: 116-123. [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [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]
additional source Lewis, John B. 1965. A preliminary description of some marine benthic communities from Barbados, West Indies. Canadian Journal of Zoology 43: 1049-1074.
page(s): 1062 [details]
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 Yabe H, Eguchi M. (1946). Generic identity of Notocyathus Tenison Woods and Citherocyathus Alcock. <em>Proceedings of the Japan Academy.</em> 22 (1): 6-8., available online at https://doi.org/10.2183/pjab1912.17.210 [details]
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
redescription Cairns, S.D. (1989). A revision of the ahermatypic Scleractinia of the Philippine Islands and adjacent waters, Part 1: Fungiacyathidae, Micrabaciidae, Turbinoliinae, Guyniidae, and Flabellidae. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 486: 1-136. [details] Available for editors
redescription Cairns, S.D. (1997). A generic revision and phylogenetic analysis of the Turbinoliidae (Cnidaria: Scleractinia). <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 591: 1-55. [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Biology azooxanthellate [details]Depth range 34-1110 m [details]
Diagnosis Corallum trochoid, with a pointed base and circular cross section; GCD up to 7.5 mm; theca imperforate; costae ridged and serrate, originating by trifurcation; septa hexamerally arranged in 4 cycles; pali before all but last cycle (P1-3), inner edges of each pair of P3 within a system fusing in a V-shaped structure; columella papillose. [details]
Fossil range Paleocene to Recent [details]
Remark This genus and family was monographed by Cairns (1997), which included a phylogenetic analysis based on morphology; a good synonymy and discussion of the genus is also given by Cairns (1989). Six species, including 2 Recent (Cairns, 1997; Kuzmacheva, 1987). [details]
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