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Deltocyathus

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2259064	https://www.gbif.org/species/2259064
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	6335	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=6335

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Deltocyathidae : Deltocyathus

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Caryophylliidae : Deltocyathus

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	Deltocyathus	Milne Edwards & Haime 1848

Scientific Name

Deltocyathus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848

Name Published In

Ann. Sci. Nat., [3] (Zool.), 9

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Deltocyathus	genus	belongs to Caryophylliidae	stated without evidence	Wienrich, 1997
Deltocyathus	genus	belongs to Scleractinia	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

2 (15%)

First Recorded Appearance

85.8 - 83.5 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

Primary Reference (PBDB)

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

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Deltocyathus agassizi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Deltocyathus alatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Deltocyathus aldingensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Deltocyathus andamanicus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Deltocyathus australis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	16.0 Ma Miocene	11.6 Ma Miocene
Deltocyathus calcar species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Deltocyathus cameratus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Deltocyathus complanatus species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	85.8 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Deltocyathus corrugatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Deltocyathus crassiseptum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Deltocyathus eccentricus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Deltocyathus fontinalis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	56.0 Ma Paleocene	16.0 Ma Miocene
Deltocyathus halianthus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Deltocyathus heteroclitus species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	0.78 Ma Pleistocene	0.78 Ma Pleistocene
Deltocyathus insperatus species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	28.1 Ma Oligocene	28.1 Ma Oligocene
Deltocyathus inusitatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Deltocyathus inusitiatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Deltocyathus italicus species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		10	28.1 Ma Oligocene	5.33 Ma Miocene
Deltocyathus lens species	listed (PBDB)		1	5.33 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Deltocyathus magnificus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Deltocyathus moseleyi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Deltocyathus murrayi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Deltocyathus nascornatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Deltocyathus ornatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Deltocyathus parvulus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Deltocyathus philippinensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Deltocyathus pourtalesi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Deltocyathus rotulus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Deltocyathus sarsi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Deltocyathus stella species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Deltocyathus stellaris ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	33.9 Ma Oligocene	33.9 Ma Oligocene
Deltocyathus subviola species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Deltocyathus suluensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Deltocyathus taiwanicus species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	5.33 Ma Miocene	5.33 Ma Miocene
Deltocyathus tateanus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Deltocyathus tuberculatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	11.6 Ma Miocene	11.6 Ma Miocene
Deltocyathus varians species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Deltocyathus vaughani species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Deltocyathus verconis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	16.0 Ma Miocene	16.0 Ma Miocene
Deltocyathus whitei species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	58.7 Ma Paleocene

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Levipalifer Vaughan, 1900	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Deltocyathidae : *Levipalifer*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1848	Deltocyathus Milne-Edwards and Haime
1958	Discosmilia Alloiteau
1997	Deltocyathus Wienrich p. 89
2002	Deltocyathus Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Discosmilia Sepkoski, Jr.

References

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

Alloiteau J. (1958) Monographie des madreporaires fossiles de Madagascar [Monograph of fossil corals from Madagascar], Annales Geologiques de Madagascar 25, 1-218

Wienrich G. (1997) Die Fauna des marinen Miozäns von Kevelaer (Niederrhein). Band 1 Foraminiferen, Anthozoen., Backhuys Publishers, Leiden 1, 1-187

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

Cairns, S.D., 1995. The marine fauna of New Zealand: Scleractinia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa). N. Z. Oceanographic Mem, 103: 210 pp. - via World Register of Marine Species

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

Kitahara, M.V., and S.D. Cairns. 2009. A Revision of the Genus Deltocyathus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 (Scleractinia, Caryophylliidae) from New Caledonia, with the description of a new species. Zoosystema 31(2): 233-48. - via World Register of Marine Species

Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. - 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. (2009-2017). On line appendix: Phylogenetic list of the 711 valid Recent azooxanthellate scleractinian species with their junior synonyms and depth ranges, 28 pp. In: Cold-Water Corals: The Biology and Geology of Deep-Sea Coral Habitats. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. - 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

Aphia2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

CoL2006 - 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

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

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

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