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Paracyathus

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2258966	https://www.gbif.org/species/2258966
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	6692	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=6692

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Caryophylliidae : Paracyathus

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
phylum	Cnidaria	Hatschek 1888
class	Anthozoa	Ehrenberg 1834
subclass	Zoantharia	de Blainville 1830
order	Scleractinia	Bourne 1900
suborder	Caryophylliina
superfamily	Caryophylliicae	Gray 1847
family	Caryophylliidae	Gray 1847
genus	Paracyathus	Milne-Edwards & Haime 1848

Scientific Name

Paracyathus Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1848

Name Published In

Milne-Edwards, Henri & Jules Haime. 1848. Recherches sur les polypieres: Mémoire. , Fortin, Masson.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Paracyathus	genus	belongs to Cyathophyllidae	stated without evidence	Vaughan, 1904
Paracyathus	genus	belongs to Caryophylliidae	stated without evidence	Wells, 1941
Paracyathus	genus	subjective synonym of Paranacyathus	stated without evidence	Okulitch, 1950
Paracyathus	genus	belongs to Caryophylliidae	stated without evidence	Wells, 1956
Paracyathus	genus	belongs to Scleractinia	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

2 (7.7%)

First Recorded Appearance

83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Environment

marine (based on Scleractinia)

Motility

stationary

Vision

blind (based on Anthozoa)

Diet

suspension feeder

Reproduction

alternating, asexual, dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Scleractinia)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Caryophylliidae)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Paracyathus adetos species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	3.60 Ma Pliocene	3.60 Ma Pliocene
Paracyathus alternatus species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		13	48.6 Ma Eocene	41.3 Ma Eocene
Paracyathus altus species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	59.2 Ma Paleocene	59.2 Ma Paleocene
Paracyathus andersoni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Paracyathus arcuatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Paracyathus bastropensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Paracyathus bellus species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		16	48.6 Ma Eocene	41.3 Ma Eocene
Paracyathus californicus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Paracyathus cavatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Paracyathus conceptus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Paracyathus coronatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Paracyathus crassus species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	56.0 Ma Paleocene	37.2 Ma Eocene
Paracyathus cylindricus species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Paracyathus darwinensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Paracyathus ebonensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Paracyathus folliculus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Paracyathus fulvus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Paracyathus granulosus species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	55.8 Ma Eocene	55.8 Ma Eocene
Paracyathus henekeni species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	23.0 Ma Miocene	3.60 Ma Pliocene
Paracyathus humilis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Paracyathus incrustans species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	20.4 Ma Miocene	2.59 Ma Pleistocene
Paracyathus indicus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Paracyathus javana ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	2.59 Ma Pleistocene	2.59 Ma Pleistocene
Paracyathus lifuensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Paracyathus marylandicus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Paracyathus molokensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Paracyathus montereyensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Paracyathus nannodes ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	11.6 Ma Miocene	2.59 Ma Pleistocene
Paracyathus parvulus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Paracyathus pedroensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	2.59 Ma Pleistocene	2.59 Ma Pleistocene
Paracyathus persicus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Paracyathus peruvianus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	48.6 Ma Eocene	48.6 Ma Eocene
Paracyathus porcellanus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Paracyathus procumbens species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	37.2 Ma Eocene	16.0 Ma Miocene
Paracyathus profundus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Paracyathus pruinosus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Paracyathus pulchellus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Paracyathus ravni species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Paracyathus rotundatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Paracyathus rugosus species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	55.8 Ma Eocene	55.8 Ma Eocene
Paracyathus sinuosus species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	11.6 Ma Miocene	3.60 Ma Pliocene
Paracyathus stearnsii species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	5.33 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Paracyathus stokesii ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	2.59 Ma Pleistocene	2.59 Ma Pleistocene
Paracyathus striatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Paracyathus tasmanicus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	23.0 Ma Miocene	23.0 Ma Miocene
Paracyathus taurinensis species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	20.4 Ma Miocene	20.4 Ma Miocene
Paracyathus turonensis species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		9	20.4 Ma Miocene	11.6 Ma Miocene
Paracyathus vaughani ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Paracyathus vaughani species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	5.33 Ma Miocene	3.60 Ma Pliocene
Paracyathus vittatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1848	Paracyathus Edwards and Haime
1904	Paracyathus Vaughan p. 438
1941	Paracyathus Wells p. 313
1956	Paracyathus Wells
2002	Paracyathus Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Vaughan T. W. (1904) Anthozoa, Maryland Geological Survey Miocene Text, 438-446

Wells J. W. (1941) Cretaceous and Eocene corals from northwestern Peru, Bulletins of American Paleontology 98 26, 1-26

Wells J. W. (1956) Scleractinia, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology F, 328-444

Aphia2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

CoL2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Hallan, J. (2000-current). Biology Catalog. Web compilation accessible at http://bug.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/ (accessed June 2012). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000 unverified - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Ann. Sci. Nat., [3] (Zool.), 9 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Cairns, S.D., Baron-Szabo, R., A. F. Budd, B. Lathuiliere, E. Roniewicz, J. Stolarski, and K. G. Johnson, 2010. Corallosphere - via World Register of Marine Species

Wells, John W., 1986: null. A List of Scleractinian generic and subgeneric taxa, 1758-1985, (special issue). 69. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Cairns, S.D. (2000). A revision of the shallow-water azooxanthellate scleractinia of the Western Atlantic. Studies on the fauna of Curacao and other Caribbean Islands. 125: 1-235. - via World Register of Marine Species

Veron, J. E. N. (1986). Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific. Angus & Robertson Publishers. - via World Register of Marine Species

Cairns, S.D., Hoeksema, B.W., and J. van der Land, 2001. Scleractinia, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 109-110 - via World Register of Marine Species

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