WoRMS taxon details
Deltocyathidae Kitahara, Cairns, Stolarski & Miller, 2012
708974 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:708974)
accepted
Family
Deltocyathus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 (type by original designation)
- Genus Deltocyathus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
- Genus Levipalifer Vaughan, 1900 accepted as Deltocyathus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Kitahara, M.V., S.D. Cairns, J. Stolarski & D.J. Miller. (2012). Deltocyathiidae, an early-diverging family of Robust corals (Anthozoa, Scleractinia). <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 42(2): 201-212. [details] Available for editors 
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Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Deltocyathidae Kitahara, Cairns, Stolarski & Miller, 2012. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=708974 on 2025-07-17
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Nomenclature
original description
Kitahara, M.V., S.D. Cairns, J. Stolarski & D.J. Miller. (2012). Deltocyathiidae, an early-diverging family of Robust corals (Anthozoa, Scleractinia). <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 42(2): 201-212. [details] Available for editors [request]
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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 [request]
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
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