Heterocyathus

Heterocyathus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scleractinia
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Phylum: Cnidaria Classis: Anthozoa Subclassis: Hexacorallia Ordo: Scleractinia

Familia: Caryophylliidae
Subfamilia: Caryophylliinae
Genus: Heterocyathus
Species: H. aequicostatus – H. alternatus – H. antoniae – H. hemisphaericus – H. monileseptatum – H. sulcatus

Name

Heterocyathus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848

Synonyms

• Brachytrochus Duncan, 1876 (junior homonym)
• Heterocyathus (Stephanoseris) Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851 (synonym)
• Psammoseris Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851
• Spongiocyathus Folkeson, 1919 (synonym)
• Stephanoseris Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851

References

• Milne Edwards, H. & Haime, J. 1848. Recherches sur les polypiers. Deuxième mémoire. Monographie des Turbinolides. Annales des sciences naturelles. Zoologie Series 3. 9: 211–344. BHL Reference page. 
• Filander, Z.N., Kitahara, M.V., Cairns, S.D., Sink, K.J. & Lombard, A.T. 2021. Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Cnidaria, Anthozoa) from South Africa. ZooKeys 1066ː 1–198. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1066.69697 Reference page.