WoRMS taxon details
Pourtalocyathus Cairns, 1979
267764 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:267764)
accepted
Genus
Ceratotrochus hispidus Pourtalès, 1878 accepted as Pourtalocyathus hispidus (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 349-1006 m
Depth range 349-1006 m [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Pourtalocyathus Cairns, 1979. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267764 on 2025-04-11
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Nomenclature
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]
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]
[request]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]
Other
context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D. & J.W. Wells. (1987). Neogene paleontology in the northern Dominican Republic. 5. The suborders Caryophylliina and Dendrophylliina (Anthozoa: Scleractinia). <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 93 (328): 23-55, 63-66, pls. 8-11. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Cairns, S.D. & J.W. Wells. (1987). Neogene paleontology in the northern Dominican Republic. 5. The suborders Caryophylliina and Dendrophylliina (Anthozoa: Scleractinia). <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 93 (328): 23-55, 63-66, pls. 8-11. [details] Available for editors
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