Scleractinia name details

Bathyactis Moseley, 1880

Fungiacyathus marenzelleri, oblique calicular view of costae
Fungiacyathus marenzelleri, oblique calicular view of costae

411156  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:411156)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Anthozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Hexacorallia (Class)
  6. Scleractinia (Order)
  7. Refertina (Suborder)
  8. Fungiacyathidae (Family)
  9. Bathyactis (Genus)
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  1. Species Bathyactis minor Duncan, 1878 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  2. Species Bathyactis beaumariensis Dennant, 1904 † accepted as Fungiacyathus (Bathyactis) beaumariensis (Dennant, 1904) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  3. Species Bathyactis eocaenica Gerth, 1921 † accepted as Fungiacyathus (Bathyactis) eocaenica (Gerth, 1921) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  4. Species Bathyactis excelsa Dennant, 1904 † accepted as Fungiacyathus (Bathyactis) excelsa (Dennant, 1904) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  5. Species Bathyactis hawaiiensis Vaughan, 1907 accepted as Fungiacyathus (Fungiacyathus) fragilis Sars, 1872 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  6. Species Bathyactis kikaiensis Yabe & Eguchi, 1932 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  7. Species Bathyactis kikaiensis Yabe & Eguchi, 1942 accepted as Fungiacyathus (Fungiacyathus) paliferus (Alcock, 1902) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  8. Species Bathyactis marenzelleri Vaughan, 1906 accepted as Fungiacyathus (Bathyactis) marenzelleri (Vaughan, 1906) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  9. Species Bathyactis palifera Alcock, 1902 accepted as Fungiacyathus (Fungiacyathus) paliferus (Alcock, 1902) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  10. Species Bathyactis sibogae Alcock, 1902 accepted as Fungiacyathus (Bathyactis) sibogae (Alcock, 1902) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym, nomen novum)
  11. Species Bathyactis stabilis Gardiner & Waugh, 1939 accepted as Fungiacyathus (Bathyactis) sibogae (Alcock, 1902) (unaccepted > junior homonym)
  12. Species Bathyactis stephana Alcock, 1893 accepted as Fungiacyathus (Fungiacyathus) stephanus (Alcock, 1893) (unaccepted > superseded combination, misspelling)
  13. Species Bathyactis stephanus Alcock, 1893 accepted as Fungiacyathus (Fungiacyathus) stephanus (Alcock, 1893) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  14. Species Bathyactis symmetrica (Pourtalès, 1871) accepted as Fungiacyathus (Bathyactis) symmetricus (Pourtalès, 1871) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  15. Species Bathyactis termofurae Chevalier, 1961 † accepted as Fungiacyathus (Bathyactis) termofurae Chevalier, 1961 † (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Moseley, H.N. (1881 [1880]). Report on certain hydroid, alcyonarian, and madreporarian corals procured during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger, in the years 1873–1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 2 (part 7): 1-248, pl. Hydrocorallinae 1-14, Helioporidae 1-2, Madreporaria 1-16., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-07/README.htm [details] 
Status A subgenus of Fungiacyathus Sars, 1872  
Status A subgenus of Fungiacyathus Sars, 1872 [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Bathyactis Moseley, 1880. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=411156 on 2026-05-20
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original description Moseley, H.N. (1881 [1880]). Report on certain hydroid, alcyonarian, and madreporarian corals procured during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger, in the years 1873–1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 2 (part 7): 1-248, pl. Hydrocorallinae 1-14, Helioporidae 1-2, Madreporaria 1-16., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-07/README.htm [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 Delphy, J. (1939). Sur quelques problèmes d' Actinologie. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Paris), XI, 2, (5): 479-483
page(s): 483 [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 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] 
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Comparison Monotypic [details]

Diagnosis Like the nominate subgenus, but having only four cycles of septa [details]

Remark Contains the record of the deepest living scleractinian coral species at 6328 m (Keller, 1974). Seventeen species, including 3 fossil species (Cairns, 1989, 1999). [details]

Status A subgenus of Fungiacyathus Sars, 1872 [details]
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