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Stenocyathus

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2259416	https://www.gbif.org/species/2259416
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	97467	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=97467

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Stenocyathidae : Stenocyathus

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Guyniidae : Stenocyathus

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	Flabellicae	Bourne 1905
family	Guyniidae	Hickson 1910
genus	Stenocyathus	Pourtalès 1871

Scientific Name

Stenocyathus Pourtalès, 1871

Name Published In

Pourtalès, L. F. de. (1871). Deep-sea corals. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College. 2 (4): 1-93, pls. 1-8.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Stenocyathus	genus	belongs to Guyniidae	stated with evidence	Wells, 1956
Stenocyathus	genus	belongs to Scleractinia	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Stenocyathus	genus	misspelling of Stenocyathus	stated without evidence	Kiessling, 2008

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

2 (50%)

First Recorded Appearance

70.6 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Environment

marine

Motility

stationary, attached (based on Scleractinia)

Vision

blind (based on Anthozoa)

Diet

suspension feeder

Reproduction

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

Taphonomy

aragonite

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. W. Wells. 1976. Eocene corals from Eua, Tonga. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 640(G):1-13

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Stenocyathus alabamiensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stenocyathus hoffmeisteri species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	37.2 Ma Eocene	37.2 Ma Eocene
Stenocyathus vermiformis species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	10	1.81 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1871	Stenocyathus Pourtales
1956	Stenocyathus Wells
2002	Stenocathus Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Wells J. W. (1976) Eocene corals from Eua, Tonga, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 640 G, 1-13

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

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

Aphia2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

CoL2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Ill. Cat. Mus. Harvard, 2, no. 4 - 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

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

SN2000/Dunn, 1982 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000/Dunn, 1982, PaleoDB - 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)

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

Pourtalès, L. F. de. (1871). Deep-sea corals. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College. 2 (4): 1-93, pls. 1-8. - 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

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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