Heterocyathus

Heterocyathus is a genus of coral[1][2] of the family Caryophylliidae.

Heterocyathus
Heterocyathus aequicostatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Anthozoa
Order: Scleractinia
Family: Caryophylliidae
Genus: Heterocyathus
Milne-Edwards and Haime, 1848
Synonyms
  • Brachytrochus Duncan, 1876 (junior homonym)
  • Brachytrochus Reuss, 1864 †
  • Heterocyathus (Stephanoseris) Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1851
  • Psammoseris Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1851
  • Spongiocyathus Folkeson, 1919
  • Stephanoseris Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1851

Species
  • Heterocyathus aequicostatus Milne-Edwards and Haime, 1848[3] (type species)
    • Subspecies Heterocyathus aequicostatus delicatus Sakakura, 1935
    • Subspecies Heterocyathus aequicostatus parasiticus Semper, 1872
  • Heterocyathus alternatus Verrill, 1865
  • Heterocyathus antoniae Reyes, Santodomingo & Cairns, 2009
  • Heterocyathus hemisphaericus Gray, 1849
  • Heterocyathus sulcatus (Verrill, 1866)
  • Heterocyathus cochlea (Spengler, 1781)
  • Heterocyathus eupsammides Gray, 1849
  • Heterocyathus hemisphericus Gray, 1849
  • Heterocyathus heterocostatus Harrison, 1911
  • Heterocyathus incrustans (Dennant, 1906)
  • Heterocyathus japonicus (Verrill, 1866)
  • Heterocyathus lamellosus (Verrill, 1865)
  • Heterocyathus mai Cheng, 1971
  • Heterocyathus oblongatus Rehberg, 1892
  • Heterocyathus parasiticus Semper, 1872
  • Heterocyathus philippensis Semper, 1872
  • Heterocyathus philippinensis Semper, 1872
  • Heterocyathus pulchellus Rehberg, 1892
  • Heterocyathus roussaeanus Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1848
  • Heterocyathus rousseaui (Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1857)
  • Heterocyathus woodmasoni Alcock, 1893

References
  1. Milne Edwards, H. & Haime, J. (1848). "Recherches sur les Polypiers. Deuxième Mémoire". Annals des Sciences Naturelles. Monographie des Turbinolides. 9: 211–344.
  2. Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2019). World List of Scleractinia. Heterocyathus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206380 on 23 August 2019
  3. "Heterocyathus aequicostatus". Corals of the World. Retrieved 23 August 2019.


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