Species Stenocyathus vermiformis Pourtalès, 1868

Stenocyathus vermiformis, calicular and lateral views.

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Museums

Regional Maps

• Coenocyathus vermiformis Pourtalès, L.F. de 1868. Contributions to the Fauna of the Gulf Stream at great depths (2nd series). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 1(7): 121-141.

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MCZ 38 syntypes, off Florida Keys, 274–329 m.

  Type locality references:

  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(180): 341 pp., 40 pls., 60 maps [168].
• Stenocyathus decamera Ralph, P.M. & Squires, D.F. 1962. The extant scleractinian corals of New Zealand. Zoological Publications of the Victoria University, Wellington 29: 19 pp., 8 pls [11-12] (pl. 4, figs. 2–6) [11–12, pl. 4, figs. 2–6].

  Type data:

   Holotype NZGS CO1380 One specimen, offShelterIsland, Doubtful Sound, Westland, New Zealand, 134 m.
  Paratype(s) NZGS 1381-2 Two specimens, off ShelterIsland, Doubtful Sound, Westland, New Zealand, 134 m.

Generic Combinations

• Stenocyathus vermiformis (Pourtalès, 1868). —
  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(180): 341 pp., 40 pls., 60 maps [168-169]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Bathymetric range worldwide: 110-1500 m. widespread in all oceans except for eastern Pacific and Antarctic

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Azooxanthellate, Solitary, Fixed or Free, depth range: 110-1500 m.

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