WoRMS taxon details
Phacelocyathus Cairns, 1979
267727 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:267727)
accepted
Genus
Paracyathus flos Pourtalès, 1878 accepted as Phacelocyathus flos (Pourtalès, 1878) (type by original designation)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Cairns, S.D. (1979). The deep-water Scleractinia of the Caribbean and adjacent waters. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands.</em> 57:1-341. [details] Available for editors 
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Depth range 20-255 m
Depth range 20-255 m [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2024). World List of Scleractinia. Phacelocyathus Cairns, 1979. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267727 on 2024-11-04
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original description
Cairns, S.D. (1979). The deep-water Scleractinia of the Caribbean and adjacent waters. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands.</em> 57:1-341. [details] Available for editors [request]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [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]
additional source Zibrowius, H. & M.J. Grygier. (1985). Diversity and range of scleractinian coral hosts of Ascothoracida (Crustacea: Maxillopoda). <em>Annales de l'Institut Océanographique.</em> 61(2):115-138.
page(s): 121-122, Fig. 14-15 [details] Available for editors [request]
redescription Cairns, S.D. (2000). A revision of the shallow-water azooxanthellate Scleractinia of the western Atlantic. <em>Studies on the Natural History of the Caribbean Region.</em> 75: 1-231. [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [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]
additional source Zibrowius, H. & M.J. Grygier. (1985). Diversity and range of scleractinian coral hosts of Ascothoracida (Crustacea: Maxillopoda). <em>Annales de l'Institut Océanographique.</em> 61(2):115-138.
page(s): 121-122, Fig. 14-15 [details] Available for editors
[request]redescription Cairns, S.D. (2000). A revision of the shallow-water azooxanthellate Scleractinia of the western Atlantic. <em>Studies on the Natural History of the Caribbean Region.</em> 75: 1-231. [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Comparison Differs from Rhizosmilia in having pali before all but last septal cycle. [details]Diagnosis Corallum colonial, corallites arising from common basal coenosteum; base polycyclic; pali before all but last septal cycle; columella papillose or lamellar; tabular endothecal dissepiments present. [details]
Remark Only one described species and another undescribed one from the Indian Ocean (Zibrowius and Grygier, 1985). [details]
Unreviewed
Biology azooxanthellate [details]Depth range 20-255 m [details]
