Species Cyathotrochus pileus (Alcock, 1902)

Calicular and lateral views of Cyathotrochus pileus

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• Trochocyathus pileus Alcock, A. 1902. Diagnoses and descriptions of new species of corals from the Siboga expedition. Tijdschrift der Nederlandsche Dierkundige Vereeniging 2 7: 89–115 [96-97].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ZMA Coel. 7352 4 specimens (Siboga stn. 95), Sulu Archipelago, Philippines [5°43’N / 119°40’E, 522 m].

  Type locality references:

  Cairns, S.D. 1994. Scleractinia of the temperate North Pacific. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 557: 150 pp. [68].
• Trochocyathus victoriae Tenison-Woods, J.E. 1878. On the extra-tropical corals of Australia. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2: 292-341 [304].
• Endopachys australiae Tenison-Woods, J.E. 1878. On the extra-tropical corals of Australia. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2: 292-341 [333].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Cairns, S.D. 1997. A generic revision and phylogenetic analysis of the Turbinoliidae (Cnidaria: Scleractinia). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 591: 55 pp., 10 pls, 5 figs [16]
• Cairns, S.D. 2004. The Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) of Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 56(3): 259–329 [292]
• Kitahara, M. V. 2011. Morphological and molecular systematics of scleractinian corals (Cnidaria, Anthozoa), with emphasis on deep-water species. PhD thesis - Molecular Biology, James Cook University. pp. 630 [42]

Generic Combinations

• Tropidocyathus pileus (Alcock, 1902). —
  Cairns, S.D. 1989. A revision of the ahermatypic Scleractinia of the Philippine Islands and Adjacent Waters, Part 1: Fungiacyathidae, Microbaciidae, Turbinoliinae, Guyniidae and Flabellidae. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 486: 1–136, 42 pls
• Platytrochus victoriae (Tenison-Woods, 1878). —
  Wells, J.W. 1958. Scleractinian corals. Report of the British, Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition 1929-31 6(11): 257-275

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Solitary, azooxanthellate, free

General References

Cairns, S.D. 1998. Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 18: 361–417

Faustino, L.A. 1927. Recent Madreporaria of the Philippine Islands. Monographs of the Bureau of Science. Manila 22: 1–310 [8, 34, 39, 81]

Gardiner, J.S. & Waugh, P. 1938. The flabellid and turbinolid corals. Scientific Reports of the John Murray Expedition 7 5: 167–202 [187]

Squires, D.F. 1961. Deep sea corals collected by the Lamont Geological Observatory. 2. Scotia Sea corals. American Museum Novitates 2046: 48, 31 figs [19]

Veron, J.E.N. 1986. Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific. North Ryde, Sydney : Angus & Robertson xii, 644 pp. many unnumbered figures. [606]

Wells, J.W. 1964. Ahermatypic corals from Queensland. Queensland : University of Queensland Press Vol. 6 pp. 107-121.

Wells, J.W. 1964. Ahermatypic corals from Queensland. Queensland : University of Queensland Press Vol. 6 pp. 107-121. [109]

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