Scleractinia taxon details
Cyathotrochus Bourne, 1905
267360 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:267360)
accepted
Genus
- Species Cyathotrochus affinis (Martin, 1880) †
- Species Cyathotrochus nascornatus (Gardiner & Waugh, 1938)
- Species Cyathotrochus nudus (Martin, 1880) †
- Species Cyathotrochus pileus (Alcock, 1902)
- Species Cyathotrochus herdmani Bourne, 1905 accepted as Cyathotrochus pileus (Alcock, 1902) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Bourne, G.C. (1905). Report on the solitary corals collected by Professor Herdman, at Ceylon, in 1902. <em>Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar.</em> 4: 187-241, pls. 1-4. [details]
Depth range 123-522 m
Fossil range Miocene to Recent
Depth range 123-522 m [details]
Fossil range Miocene to Recent
Fossil range Miocene to Recent [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2024). World List of Scleractinia. Cyathotrochus Bourne, 1905. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267360 on 2025-04-06
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Bourne, G.C. (1905). Report on the solitary corals collected by Professor Herdman, at Ceylon, in 1902. <em>Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar.</em> 4: 187-241, pls. 1-4. [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 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]
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
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 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]
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
From editor or global species database
Comparison Differs from Tropidocyathus by having ridged serrate independent costae and lacking alata edge costae. [details]Diagnosis Corallum cuneiform , with a rounded base and elliptical in cross section; GCD up to 25 mm; theca imperforate; costae independent, ridged and serrate; septa hexamerally arranged in 4-5 cycles; pali present before all but last septal cycle (P1-3, 4); columella papillose to sublamellar. [details]
Remark This genus and family was monographed by Cairns (1997), which included a phylogenetic analysis based on morphology. Four species: 2 Recent and two fossil (see Cairns, 1997). See Cairns (2004) for generic synonymy. [details]
Unreviewed
Biology azooxanthellate [details]Depth range 123-522 m [details]
Fossil range Miocene to Recent [details]
