WoRMS taxon details
Cycloseris costulata (Ortmann, 1889)
207325 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:207325)
accepted
Species
Cycloseris marginata (Boschma, 1923) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Fungia (Cycloseris) costulata Ortmann, 1889 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Fungia (Cycloseris) halophila Felix, 1915 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Fungia (Cycloseris) wanneri Felix, 1921 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Fungia costulata Ortmann, 1889 · unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)
Fungia doederleini Yabe & Sugiyama, 1941 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (homonym)
Fungia halophila Felix, 1915 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Fungia marginata Boschma, 1923 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Fungia sibogae Van Der Horst, 1921 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Fungia wanneri Felix, 1921 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Fungia costulata Ortmann, 1889) Ortmann, A. (1889). Beobachtungen an Steinkorallen von der Südküste Ceylons. <em>Zoologische Jahrbüchern, Abteilung für Systematik, Biologie und Biogeographie der Tiere.</em> 4: 493-590, pls. 11-17. [details]
Type locality contained in Sri Lankan Exclusive Economic Zone
, Note Southern coast of Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
type locality contained in Sri Lankan Exclusive Economic Zone [from synonym] [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Southern coast of Ceylon (Sri Lanka) [details]
Description Corals are circular, helmet-shaped, up to 76 mm in diameter with a concave undersurface. Primary septa are thick and exsert...
Description Corals are circular, helmet-shaped, up to 76 mm in diameter with a concave undersurface. Primary septa are thick and exsert around the mouth. Colour: pale cream or brown. Abundance: rare, found unpredictably on lower reef slopes and inter-reef habitats. (Veron, 1986 <57>) [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Cycloseris costulata (Ortmann, 1889). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207325 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Fungia costulata Ortmann, 1889) Ortmann, A. (1889). Beobachtungen an Steinkorallen von der Südküste Ceylons. <em>Zoologische Jahrbüchern, Abteilung für Systematik, Biologie und Biogeographie der Tiere.</em> 4: 493-590, pls. 11-17. [details]
original description (of Fungia sibogae Van Der Horst, 1921) van der Horst, C.J. (1921). The Madreporaria of the Siboga expedition: 2. Madreporaria Fungida. Siboga-Expeditie: uitkomsten op zoölogisch, botanisch, oceanographisch en geologisch gebied verzameld in Nederlandsch Oost-Indië 1899-1900 aan boord H.M. Siboga onder commando van Luitenant ter Zee 1e kl. G.F. Tydeman, XVIb. E.J. Brill: Leiden. 53-98, plates I-VI pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Fungia marginata Boschma, 1923) Boschma H. (1923). The Madreporaria of the Siboga Expedition IV. Fungia patella. <em>Siboga-Expedition (Brill, Leiden).</em> XVId: 129-148, pls. 9-10. [details]
original description (of Fungia doederleini Yabe & Sugiyama, 1941) Yabe H, Sugiyama T. (1941). Recent reef-building corals from Japan and the South Sea Islands under the Japanese mandate. II. <em>The Science reports of the Tôhoku, Imperial University, Sendai, 2nd Series (Geologie).</em> Special Volume 2: 67-91, pls. 60-104. [details]
original description (of Fungia halophila Felix, 1915 †) Felix J. (1915). Jungtertiäre und Quartäre Anthozoën von Timor und Obi. I. <em>Paläontologie von Timor, Stuttgart.</em> 2 (2): 1-45, pls. 37-38. [details]
original description (of Fungia (Cycloseris) wanneri Felix, 1921 †) Felix J. (1921). Fossile Anthozoën von Borneo. <em>Paläontologie von Timor, Stuttgart.</em> 9 (15): 1-64, pls. 141-144. [details]
original description (of Fungia sibogae Van Der Horst, 1921) van der Horst, C.J. (1921). The Madreporaria of the Siboga expedition: 2. Madreporaria Fungida. Siboga-Expeditie: uitkomsten op zoölogisch, botanisch, oceanographisch en geologisch gebied verzameld in Nederlandsch Oost-Indië 1899-1900 aan boord H.M. Siboga onder commando van Luitenant ter Zee 1e kl. G.F. Tydeman, XVIb. E.J. Brill: Leiden. 53-98, plates I-VI pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Fungia marginata Boschma, 1923) Boschma H. (1923). The Madreporaria of the Siboga Expedition IV. Fungia patella. <em>Siboga-Expedition (Brill, Leiden).</em> XVId: 129-148, pls. 9-10. [details]
original description (of Fungia doederleini Yabe & Sugiyama, 1941) Yabe H, Sugiyama T. (1941). Recent reef-building corals from Japan and the South Sea Islands under the Japanese mandate. II. <em>The Science reports of the Tôhoku, Imperial University, Sendai, 2nd Series (Geologie).</em> Special Volume 2: 67-91, pls. 60-104. [details]
original description (of Fungia halophila Felix, 1915 †) Felix J. (1915). Jungtertiäre und Quartäre Anthozoën von Timor und Obi. I. <em>Paläontologie von Timor, Stuttgart.</em> 2 (2): 1-45, pls. 37-38. [details]
original description (of Fungia (Cycloseris) wanneri Felix, 1921 †) Felix J. (1921). Fossile Anthozoën von Borneo. <em>Paläontologie von Timor, Stuttgart.</em> 9 (15): 1-64, pls. 141-144. [details]
Other
context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Veron JEN. (1986). Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific. <em>Angus & Robertson Publishers.</em>
page(s): 322, 323 [details]
additional source Sheppard CRC. (1987). Coral species of the Indian Ocean and adjacent seas: a synonymised compilation and some regional distribution patterns. <em>Atoll Research Bulletin.</em> 307: 1-32., available online at http:// https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00775630.307.1 [details]
additional source Randall RH. (2003). An annotated checklist of hydrozoan and scleractinian corals collected from Guam and other Mariana Islands. <em>Micronesica.</em> 35-36: 121-137.
page(s): 131 [details]
additional source Hoeksema BW. (1989). Taxonomy, phylogeny and biogeography of mushroom corals (Scleractinia: Fungiidae. <em>Zoologische Verhandelingen, Leiden.</em> 254: 1-295., available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/149013 [details]
additional source Veron JEN. (2000). Corals of the World. Vol. 1–3. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science and CRR, Queensland, Australia.</em> [details]
additional source Gittenberger, A. & Hoeksema, B.W. 2006. Phenotypic plasticity revealed by molecular studies on reef corals of Fungia (Cycloseris) spp. (Scleractinia: Fungiidae) near river outlets. Contributions to Zoology 75: 195-201, available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/43290 [details]
additional source Pillai CSG, Scheer G (1976) Report on the stony corals from the Maldive Archipelago. Results of the Xarifa Expedition 1957/58. Zoologica, Stuttgart 43 (126): 1-83, pls. 1-32. [details]
additional source Veron JEN, Marsh LM. (1988). Hermatypic corals of Western Australia : records and annotated species list. <em>Records Western Australian Museum Supplement.</em> 29: 1-136., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.60555
page(s): 27, 81 [details]
additional source Pillai CSG. (1972). Stony corals of the seas around India. <em>Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Corals and Coral Reefs, 1969. Marine Biological Association of India Symposium.</em> 5: 191-216.
page(s): 203 [details]
additional source Randall RH, Myers RF. (1983). The corals. Guide to the Coastal Resources of Guam: Vol. 2. <em>University of Guam Press, Guam, pp. 128.</em> [details]
additional source Veron, J. E. N. (2000). Corals of the World, Volume II: Families Astrocoeniidae, Pocilloporidae, Euphyllidae, Oculinidae, Meandrinidae, Siderastreidae, Agariciidae, Fungiidae, Rhizangiidae, Pectiniidae, Merulinidae, Dendrophylliidae, Caryophylliidae. Australian Institute of Marine Science. Townsville., volume 2, pp. 429.
page(s): 245 [details]
additional source Pillai CSG. (1983). Structure and generic diversity of recent Scleractinia of India. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India.</em> 25, 1-2, 78-90.
page(s): 85 [details]
additional source Veron, J. E. N.; Pichon, M. (1979). Scleractinia of Eastern Australia, part III: Families Agariciidae, Siderastreidae, Fungiidae, Oculinidae, Merulinidae, Mussidae, Pectiniidae, Caryophylliidae, Dendrophylliidae. Australian Government Publishing Service. Canberra., volume 4, pp. 422.
page(s): 110-112 [details]
additional source Jeyabaskaran, R. (2009). New records of corals from Lakshadweep islands. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, 109, 1, 53-64
page(s): 54, 57, Plate 2 Fig 8a-b [details]
additional source Kühlmann, D. H. H. (2006). Die Steinkorallensammlung im Naturhistorischen Museum in Rudolstadt (Thüringen) nebst ökologischen Bemerkungen. Rudolstädter Naturhistorische Schriften, 13, 37-113
page(s): 62, 80, 111 [details]
additional source Wallace, C. C.; Fellegara, I.; Muir, P. R.; Harrison, P. L. (2009). The scleractinian corals of Moreton Bay, eastern Australia: high latitude, marginal assemblages with increasing species richness. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 54, 2
page(s): 9 [details]
additional source Veron JEN. (1986). Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific. <em>Angus & Robertson Publishers.</em>
page(s): 322, 323 [details]
additional source Sheppard CRC. (1987). Coral species of the Indian Ocean and adjacent seas: a synonymised compilation and some regional distribution patterns. <em>Atoll Research Bulletin.</em> 307: 1-32., available online at http:// https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00775630.307.1 [details]
additional source Randall RH. (2003). An annotated checklist of hydrozoan and scleractinian corals collected from Guam and other Mariana Islands. <em>Micronesica.</em> 35-36: 121-137.
page(s): 131 [details]
additional source Hoeksema BW. (1989). Taxonomy, phylogeny and biogeography of mushroom corals (Scleractinia: Fungiidae. <em>Zoologische Verhandelingen, Leiden.</em> 254: 1-295., available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/149013 [details]
additional source Veron JEN. (2000). Corals of the World. Vol. 1–3. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science and CRR, Queensland, Australia.</em> [details]
additional source Gittenberger, A. & Hoeksema, B.W. 2006. Phenotypic plasticity revealed by molecular studies on reef corals of Fungia (Cycloseris) spp. (Scleractinia: Fungiidae) near river outlets. Contributions to Zoology 75: 195-201, available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/43290 [details]
additional source Pillai CSG, Scheer G (1976) Report on the stony corals from the Maldive Archipelago. Results of the Xarifa Expedition 1957/58. Zoologica, Stuttgart 43 (126): 1-83, pls. 1-32. [details]
additional source Veron JEN, Marsh LM. (1988). Hermatypic corals of Western Australia : records and annotated species list. <em>Records Western Australian Museum Supplement.</em> 29: 1-136., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.60555
page(s): 27, 81 [details]
additional source Pillai CSG. (1972). Stony corals of the seas around India. <em>Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Corals and Coral Reefs, 1969. Marine Biological Association of India Symposium.</em> 5: 191-216.
page(s): 203 [details]
additional source Randall RH, Myers RF. (1983). The corals. Guide to the Coastal Resources of Guam: Vol. 2. <em>University of Guam Press, Guam, pp. 128.</em> [details]
additional source Veron, J. E. N. (2000). Corals of the World, Volume II: Families Astrocoeniidae, Pocilloporidae, Euphyllidae, Oculinidae, Meandrinidae, Siderastreidae, Agariciidae, Fungiidae, Rhizangiidae, Pectiniidae, Merulinidae, Dendrophylliidae, Caryophylliidae. Australian Institute of Marine Science. Townsville., volume 2, pp. 429.
page(s): 245 [details]
additional source Pillai CSG. (1983). Structure and generic diversity of recent Scleractinia of India. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India.</em> 25, 1-2, 78-90.
page(s): 85 [details]
additional source Veron, J. E. N.; Pichon, M. (1979). Scleractinia of Eastern Australia, part III: Families Agariciidae, Siderastreidae, Fungiidae, Oculinidae, Merulinidae, Mussidae, Pectiniidae, Caryophylliidae, Dendrophylliidae. Australian Government Publishing Service. Canberra., volume 4, pp. 422.
page(s): 110-112 [details]
additional source Jeyabaskaran, R. (2009). New records of corals from Lakshadweep islands. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, 109, 1, 53-64
page(s): 54, 57, Plate 2 Fig 8a-b [details]
additional source Kühlmann, D. H. H. (2006). Die Steinkorallensammlung im Naturhistorischen Museum in Rudolstadt (Thüringen) nebst ökologischen Bemerkungen. Rudolstädter Naturhistorische Schriften, 13, 37-113
page(s): 62, 80, 111 [details]
additional source Wallace, C. C.; Fellegara, I.; Muir, P. R.; Harrison, P. L. (2009). The scleractinian corals of Moreton Bay, eastern Australia: high latitude, marginal assemblages with increasing species richness. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 54, 2
page(s): 9 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Nontype (of Cycloseris marginata (Boschma, 1923)) HLD X2: 136-33, geounit Indian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Cycloseris marginata (Boschma, 1923)) WAM 764-86, geounit Ashmore-Cartier Is. [details]
Nontype (of Fungia (Cycloseris) costulata Ortmann, 1889) RMNH 18109 [details]
Nontype (of Fungia (Cycloseris) costulata Ortmann, 1889) RMNH 18110 [details]
Nontype (of Fungia (Cycloseris) costulata Ortmann, 1889) RMNH 18111, geounit Taiwanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Fungia (Cycloseris) costulata Ortmann, 1889) RMNH 18112 [details]
Nontype (of Fungia (Cycloseris) costulata Ortmann, 1889) SYUMB C-603 [details]
Nontype NMSR 8582, geounit Yemeni Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 178-85, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 222-85, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 262-83, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 387-83, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 403-83, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 485-84, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 762-86, geounit Ashmore-Cartier Is. [details]
Syntype (of Fungia marginata Boschma, 1923) UAZM [details]
From editor or global species database
Biology zooxanthellate [details]Type locality Southern coast of Ceylon (Sri Lanka) [details]
Unreviewed
Description Corals are circular, helmet-shaped, up to 76 mm in diameter with a concave undersurface. Primary septa are thick and exsert around the mouth. Colour: pale cream or brown. Abundance: rare, found unpredictably on lower reef slopes and inter-reef habitats. (Veron, 1986 <57>) [details]
To Barcode of Life (8 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Fungia sibogae Van Der Horst, 1921)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Fungia costulata Ortmann, 1889)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Fungia marginata Boschma, 1923)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Cycloseris marginata (Boschma, 1923))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Fungia costulata Ortmann, 1889)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Fungia (Cycloseris) costulata Ortmann, 1889)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cycloseris costulata)
To GenBank (24 nucleotides; 17 proteins)
To GenBank (24 nucleotides; 17 proteins) (from synonym Fungia costulata Ortmann, 1889)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) (from synonym Fungia costulata Ortmann, 1889)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (115 records) (from synonym Fungia costulata Ortmann, 1889)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Fungia sibogae Van Der Horst, 1921)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Fungia costulata Ortmann, 1889)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Fungia marginata Boschma, 1923)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Cycloseris marginata (Boschma, 1923))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Fungia costulata Ortmann, 1889)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Fungia (Cycloseris) costulata Ortmann, 1889)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cycloseris costulata)
To GenBank (24 nucleotides; 17 proteins)
To GenBank (24 nucleotides; 17 proteins) (from synonym Fungia costulata Ortmann, 1889)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) (from synonym Fungia costulata Ortmann, 1889)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (115 records) (from synonym Fungia costulata Ortmann, 1889)
To ITIS
