MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Deltocyathus eccentricus Cairns, 1979

WoRMS taxon details

Deltocyathus eccentricus Cairns, 1979

AphiaID

135155 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135155)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Deltocyathus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848

Original name

Deltocyathus eccentricus Cairns, 1979

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Cairns, S.D. (1979). The deep-water Scleractinia of the Caribbean and adjacent waters. Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands. 57:1-341. [details] Available for editors

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Type data

Holotype USNM 46986, geounit Saint Vincent and the...

Holotype USNM 46986, geounit Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Descriptive notes

Depth range 183-1000 m

Depth range 183-1000 m [details]

Taxonomic citation

Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Deltocyathus eccentricus Cairns, 1979. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135155 on 2025-04-06

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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Hoeksema, Bert

2020-04-10 07:30:40Z

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Hoeksema, Bert

2022-12-29 10:31:48Z

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Hoeksema, Bert

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Cairns, S.D. (1979). The deep-water Scleractinia of the Caribbean and adjacent waters. Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands. 57:1-341. [details] Available for editors

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basis of record 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 (look up in IMIS) [details]

Taxonomy

redescription Zibrowius H. (1980). Les scléractiniaires de la Méditerranée et de l'Atlantique nord-oriental. Mémoires de l'Institut océanographique, Monaco. 11: 1-284, pls. 1-117. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 86 [details] Available for editors

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Other

context source (MSBIAS) MEDIN. (2011). UK checklist of marine species derived from the applications Marine Recorder and UNICORN. version 1.0. [details]

context source (Deepsea) Cairns, Stephen (look up in IMIS) [details]

context source (Bermuda) Cairns, S.D. (2001). A generic revision and phylogenetic analysis of the Dendrophylliidae (Cnidaria: Scleractinia). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 615: 1-75., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.615 [details] Available for editors

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context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (1999). Appendix: List of extant stony corals. Atoll Research Bulletin. 459: 13-46.
page(s): 21 [details]

additional source Cairns, S.D., W.C. Jaap & J.C. Lang. (2009). Scleractinia (Cnidaria) of the Gulf of Mexico. In: Felder DL. Camp DK (eds.) Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. Pp. 333–347. [details] Available for editors

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additional source 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. [details]

additional source Kitahara, M.V. & 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): 233-248.
page(s): 234, 235, 237 [details] Available for editors

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additional source Reyes, J., N. Santodomingo & S.D. Cairns. (2009). Caryophylliidae (Scleractinia) from the Colombian Caribbean. Zootaxa. 2262: 1-39. [details] Available for editors

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additional source Brito A, Ocaña O. (2004). Corals of the Canary Islands. Skeleton anthozoans of the littoral and deep bottoms. Francisco Lemus, La Laguna. 1-477 pp. [details]

additional source Kitahara MV. (2007). Species richness and distribution of azooxanthellate Scleractinia in Brazil. Bulletin of Marine Science. 81 (3): 497-518. [details]

additional source Pires DE. (2007). The azooxanthellate coral fauna of Brazil. Bulletin of Marine Science. 81:265-272. [details]

additional source Kitahara MV, Cordeiro RTS, Barbosa RV, Pires D Sumida PYG. (2020). Brazilian Deep-Sea Corals. In: Sumida PYG, Bernardino AF, De Léo FC (eds) Brazilian Deep-Sea Biodiversity. Brazilian Marine Biodiversity. Volume 3. Springer, Cham. pp. 73-107., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-53222-2_4 [details]

additional source Santodomingo, N.; Reyes, J.; Flórez, P.; Chacón-Gómez, I.C.; van Ofwegen, L.P.; Hoeksema, B.W. (2012). Diversity and distribution of azooxanthellate corals in the Colombian Caribbean. Marine Biodiversity. 43(1): 7-22., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-012-0131-6 [details]