Scleractinia taxon details
Paracyathus cavatus Alcock, 1893
286813 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:286813)
accepted
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Alcock, A. (1893). On some newly-recorded corals from the Indian Seas. <em>Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal (Natural History).</em> 62: 138-149. [details] 
Depth range unknown
Depth range unknown [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Paracyathus cavatus Alcock, 1893. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=286813 on 2026-04-02
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Alcock, A. (1893). On some newly-recorded corals from the Indian Seas. <em>Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal (Natural History).</em> 62: 138-149. [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (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 Harrison, R. M.; Poole, M. (1909). Marine fauna from the Kerimba Archipelago, Portuguese East Africa, collected by Jas. J. Simpson, M.A., B.Sc., and R. N. Rudmose-Brown, BSc., University of Aberdeen: Madreporaria. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 3, 913-917, available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1910.tb06982.x
page(s): 913 [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (1999). Appendix: List of extant stony corals. <em>Atoll Research Bulletin.</em> 459: 13-46.
page(s): 22 [details] Available for editors
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (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 Harrison, R. M.; Poole, M. (1909). Marine fauna from the Kerimba Archipelago, Portuguese East Africa, collected by Jas. J. Simpson, M.A., B.Sc., and R. N. Rudmose-Brown, BSc., University of Aberdeen: Madreporaria. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 3, 913-917, available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1910.tb06982.x
page(s): 913 [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (1999). Appendix: List of extant stony corals. <em>Atoll Research Bulletin.</em> 459: 13-46.
page(s): 22 [details] Available for editors
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