WoRMS name details
Heterocyathus mai Cheng, 1971
509178 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:509178)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Cheng YM (1971) On some recent commensal solitary corals from Anping, Tainan, Taiwan. Oceanographica Sinica 10: 1-6, pls 1-2. [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Heterocyathus mai Cheng, 1971. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=509178 on 2025-04-08
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Nomenclature
original description
Cheng YM (1971) On some recent commensal solitary corals from Anping, Tainan, Taiwan. Oceanographica Sinica 10: 1-6, pls 1-2. [details]
basis of record Cairns, S.D. (2009-2017). On line appendix: Phylogenetic list of the 711 valid Recent azooxanthellate scleractinian species with their junior synonyms and depth ranges, 28 pp. <em>In: Cold-Water Corals: The Biology and Geology of Deep-Sea Coral Habitats.</em> Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. [details]
basis of record Cairns, S.D. (2009-2017). On line appendix: Phylogenetic list of the 711 valid Recent azooxanthellate scleractinian species with their junior synonyms and depth ranges, 28 pp. <em>In: Cold-Water Corals: The Biology and Geology of Deep-Sea Coral Habitats.</em> Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Hoeksema BW, Best MB (1991) New observations on scleractinian corals from Indonesia: 2. Sipunculan-associated species belonging to the genera Heterocyathus and Heteropsammia. Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden 65: 221-245. [details]
Other
additional source
Hu CH. (1988). Some solitary fossil corals and paleoecology of the Tunghsaio and Lungkang formations of Miaoli region, northern Taiwan. <em>Proceedings of the Geological Society of China.</em> 31:140-153. [details]
additional source Zibrowius, H. (1989). A new type of symbiosis: <i>Heterocyathus japonicus</i> (Cnidaria: Scleractinia) living on <i>Fissidentalium vernedei</i> (Mollusca: Scaphopoda). <em>Zoologische Verhandelingen Leiden.</em> 323: 319-340. [details]
additional source Zibrowius, H. (1989). A new type of symbiosis: <i>Heterocyathus japonicus</i> (Cnidaria: Scleractinia) living on <i>Fissidentalium vernedei</i> (Mollusca: Scaphopoda). <em>Zoologische Verhandelingen Leiden.</em> 323: 319-340. [details]
