WoRMS taxon details
Pseudocyathoceras Cairns, 1991
267774 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:267774)
accepted
Genus
Kionotrochus avis Durham & Barnard, 1952 accepted as Pseudocyathoceras avis (Durham & Barnard, 1952) (type by original designation)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Cairns, S. D. (1991). A Revision of the Ahermatypic Scleractinia of the Galapagos and Cocos Islands. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 504; 44 pp. [details] Available for editors 
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Depth range 91-183 m
Depth range 91-183 m [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Pseudocyathoceras Cairns, 1991. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267774 on 2025-04-06
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Nomenclature
original description
Cairns, S. D. (1991). A Revision of the Ahermatypic Scleractinia of the Galapagos and Cocos Islands. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 504; 44 pp. [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]
Taxonomy
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 [request]
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Corallum trochoid, up to 6 mm in GCD; theca imperforate; costal origin independent, finely granular; septa decamerally arranged in 3 cycles (i.e., 30 septa); pali absent; columella fascicular. [details]Remark This genus and family was monographed by Cairns (1997), which includes a phylogenetic analysis based on morphology. Contains only one species, as <i>K. hoodensis</i> Durham and Barnard, 1952 is a junior synonym of the type species. Figures: Cairns 1997: figs. 2e, 5f [details]
Unreviewed
Biology azooxanthellate [details]Depth range 91-183 m [details]
