WoRMS taxon details
Fungiacyathus Sars, 1872
135119 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135119)
accepted
Genus
Fungiacyathus fragilis Sars, 1872 represented as Fungiacyathus (Fungiacyathus) fragilis Sars, 1872 (type by monotypy)
Bathytrochus Gravier, 1915 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Fungiocyathus Sars, 1872 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Fungiozyathus Sars, 1872 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
- Subgenus Fungiacyathus (Bathyactis) Moseley, 1880
- Species Fungiacyathus (Bathyactis) crispus (Pourtalès, 1871)
- Species Fungiacyathus (Bathyactis) dennanti Cairns & Parker, 1992
- Species Fungiacyathus (Bathyactis) fissidiscus Cairns & Zibrowius, 1997
- Species Fungiacyathus (Bathyactis) fissilis Cairns, 1984
- Species Fungiacyathus (Bathyactis) granulosus Cairns, 1989
- Species Fungiacyathus (Bathyactis) hydra Zibrowius & Gili, 1990
- Species Fungiacyathus (Bathyactis) marenzelleri (Vaughan, 1906)
- Species Fungiacyathus (Bathyactis) margaretae Cairns, 1995
- Species Fungiacyathus (Bathyactis) muricatus Kitahara & Cairns, 2021
- Species Fungiacyathus (Bathyactis) pliciseptus Keller, 1981
- Species Fungiacyathus (Bathyactis) pseudostephanus Keller, 1976
- Species Fungiacyathus (Bathyactis) sibogae (Alcock, 1902)
- Species Fungiacyathus (Bathyactis) symmetricus (Pourtalès, 1871)
- Species Fungiacyathus (Bathyactis) turbinolioides Cairns, 1989
- Species Fungiacyathus (Bathyactis) variegatus Cairns, 1989
- Species Fungiacyathus (Bathyactis) stabilis (Gardiner & Waugh, 1939) accepted as Fungiacyathus (Bathyactis) sibogae (Alcock, 1902) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Fungiacyathus (Bathyactis) minor (Duncan, 1878) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Subgenus Fungiacyathus (Fungiacyathus) Sars, 1872
- Species Fungiacyathus (Fungiacyathus) discussus Kitahara & Cairns, 2021
- Species Fungiacyathus (Fungiacyathus) fragilis Sars, 1872
- Species Fungiacyathus (Fungiacyathus) multicarinatus Cairns, 1998
- Species Fungiacyathus (Fungiacyathus) paliferus (Alcock, 1902)
- Species Fungiacyathus (Fungiacyathus) pusillus (De Pourtalès, 1868)
- Species Fungiacyathus (Fungiacyathus) sandoi Cairns, 1999
- Species Fungiacyathus (Fungiacyathus) stephanus (Alcock, 1893)
- Species Fungiacyathus aleuticus Keller, 1976 accepted as Fungiacyathus (Bathyactis) marenzelleri (Vaughan, 1906) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Fungiacyathus durus Keller, 1976 accepted as Fungiacyathus (Bathyactis) marenzelleri (Vaughan, 1906) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Fungiacyathus hawaiiensis (Vaughan, 1907) accepted as Fungiacyathus (Fungiacyathus) fragilis Sars, 1872 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Fungiacyathus hexagonus (Gravier, 1915) accepted as Fungiacyathus (Bathyactis) marenzelleri (Vaughan, 1906) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Fungiacyathus kikaiensis (Yabe & Eguchi, 1942) accepted as Fungiacyathus (Fungiacyathus) paliferus (Alcock, 1902) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Fungiacyathus nascornatus Gardiner & Waugh, 1938 accepted as Deltocyathus nascornatus (Gardiner & Waugh, 1938) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
- Species Fungiacyathus palifera (Alcock, 1902) accepted as Fungiacyathus (Fungiacyathus) paliferus (Alcock, 1902) (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Species Fungiacyathus pseudostephana Keller, 1976 accepted as Fungiacyathus (Bathyactis) pseudostephanus Keller, 1976 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Species Fungiacyathus sarsi Gardiner & Waugh, 1938 accepted as Deltocyathus sarsi (Gardiner & Waugh, 1938) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
- Species Fungiacyathus stabilis (Gardiner & Waugh, 1939) accepted as Fungiacyathus (Bathyactis) sibogae (Alcock, 1902) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Fungiacyathus crispus (Pourtalès, 1871) represented as Fungiacyathus (Bathyactis) crispus (Pourtalès, 1871)
- Species Fungiacyathus dennanti Cairns & Parker, 1992 represented as Fungiacyathus (Bathyactis) dennanti Cairns & Parker, 1992
- Species Fungiacyathus discussus Kitahara & Cairns, 2021 represented as Fungiacyathus (Fungiacyathus) discussus Kitahara & Cairns, 2021
- Species Fungiacyathus fissidiscus Cairns & Zibrowius, 1997 represented as Fungiacyathus (Bathyactis) fissidiscus Cairns & Zibrowius, 1997
- Species Fungiacyathus fissilis Cairns, 1984 represented as Fungiacyathus (Bathyactis) fissilis Cairns, 1984
- Species Fungiacyathus fragilis Sars, 1872 represented as Fungiacyathus (Fungiacyathus) fragilis Sars, 1872
- Species Fungiacyathus granulosus Cairns, 1989 represented as Fungiacyathus (Bathyactis) granulosus Cairns, 1989
- Species Fungiacyathus hydra Zibrowius & Gili, 1990 represented as Fungiacyathus (Bathyactis) hydra Zibrowius & Gili, 1990
- Species Fungiacyathus marenzelleri (Vaughan, 1906) represented as Fungiacyathus (Bathyactis) marenzelleri (Vaughan, 1906)
- Species Fungiacyathus margaretae Cairns, 1995 represented as Fungiacyathus (Bathyactis) margaretae Cairns, 1995
- Species Fungiacyathus multicarinatus Cairns, 1998 represented as Fungiacyathus (Fungiacyathus) multicarinatus Cairns, 1998
- Species Fungiacyathus muricatus Kitahara & Cairns, 2021 represented as Fungiacyathus (Bathyactis) muricatus Kitahara & Cairns, 2021
- Species Fungiacyathus paliferus (Alcock, 1902) represented as Fungiacyathus (Fungiacyathus) paliferus (Alcock, 1902)
- Species Fungiacyathus pliciseptus Keller, 1981 represented as Fungiacyathus (Bathyactis) pliciseptus Keller, 1981
- Species Fungiacyathus pseudostephanus Keller, 1976 represented as Fungiacyathus (Bathyactis) pseudostephanus Keller, 1976
- Species Fungiacyathus pusillus (De Pourtalès, 1868) represented as Fungiacyathus (Fungiacyathus) pusillus (De Pourtalès, 1868)
- Species Fungiacyathus sandoi Cairns, 1999 represented as Fungiacyathus (Fungiacyathus) sandoi Cairns, 1999
- Species Fungiacyathus sibogae (Alcock, 1902) represented as Fungiacyathus (Bathyactis) sibogae (Alcock, 1902)
- Species Fungiacyathus stephanus (Alcock, 1893) represented as Fungiacyathus (Fungiacyathus) stephanus (Alcock, 1893)
- Species Fungiacyathus symmetricus (Pourtalès, 1871) represented as Fungiacyathus (Bathyactis) symmetricus (Pourtalès, 1871)
- Species Fungiacyathus turbinolioides Cairns, 1989 represented as Fungiacyathus (Bathyactis) turbinolioides Cairns, 1989
- Species Fungiacyathus variegatus Cairns, 1989 represented as Fungiacyathus (Bathyactis) variegatus Cairns, 1989
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Sars, G.O. (1872). On some remarkable forms of animal life from the great deeps off the Norwegian coast. Part 1, partly from posthumous manuscripts of the late Professor Dr. Michael Sars. University Program for the 1st half-year 1869. <em>Brøgger & Christie, Christiania viii.</em> 82: 1-6., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11677777 [details] 
Depth range 69-2200 m
Fossil range Cretaceous to Recent
Depth range 69-2200 m [details]
Fossil range Cretaceous to Recent
Fossil range Cretaceous to Recent [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Fungiacyathus Sars, 1872. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135119 on 2025-07-13
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Nomenclature
original description
Sars, G.O. (1872). On some remarkable forms of animal life from the great deeps off the Norwegian coast. Part 1, partly from posthumous manuscripts of the late Professor Dr. Michael Sars. University Program for the 1st half-year 1869. <em>Brøgger & Christie, Christiania viii.</em> 82: 1-6., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11677777 [details]
original description (of Bathytrochus Gravier, 1915) Gravier, C. (1915). Note préliminaire sur les Madréporaires recueilles au cours des croisières de la Princesse-Alice et de l'Hirondelle II, de inclusivement. <em>Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographique de Monaco.</em> 304: 1-22. [details]
basis of record Cairns, S.D., Hoeksema, B.W., and J. van der Land, 2001. Scleractinia, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 109-110 (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Bathytrochus Gravier, 1915) Gravier, C. (1915). Note préliminaire sur les Madréporaires recueilles au cours des croisières de la Princesse-Alice et de l'Hirondelle II, de inclusivement. <em>Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographique de Monaco.</em> 304: 1-22. [details]
basis of record Cairns, S.D., Hoeksema, B.W., and J. van der Land, 2001. Scleractinia, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 109-110 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
context source (PeRMS)
Cairns, S.D., V. Häussermann & G. Försterra. (2005). A review of the Scleractinia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) of Chile, with the description of two new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1018: 15-46., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1018.1.2 [details] Available for editors 
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additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
additional source Daly, M.M., Fautin D.G., Cappola V.A., 2003. Systematics of the Hexacorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 139 3: 419-437.
page(s): 430 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Cairns, S.D. (1989). A revision of the ahermatypic Scleractinia of the Philippine Islands and adjacent waters, Part 1: Fungiacyathidae, Micrabaciidae, Turbinoliinae, Guyniidae, and Flabellidae. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 486: 1-136. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Cairns, S.D. & H. Zibrowius. (1997). Cnidaria Anthozoa: Azooxanthellate Scleractinia from the Philippine and Indonesian regions. <em>in: Crosnier, A. et al. (Ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 16. Campagne Franco-Indonésienne KARUBAR. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie.</em> 172: 27-244. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Cairns, S.D., R. Baron-Szabo, A.F. Budd, B. Lathuilière, E. Roniewicz, J. Stolarski & K.G. Johnson. (2010). Corallosphere. , available online at http://www.corallosphere.org [details]
additional source Duncan PM (1884) A revision of the families and genera of the sclerodermic Zoantharia, Ed. & H., or Madreporaria (M. Rugosa excepted). Journal of the Linnean Society of London, 18: 1-204. [details]
additional source Zibrowius, H. & M.J. Grygier. (1985). Diversity and range of scleractinian coral hosts of Ascothoracida (Crustacea: Maxillopoda). <em>Annales de l'Institut Océanographique.</em> 61(2):115-138.
page(s): 119-120, Fig. 8 & 9 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Riemann-Zürneck, K.; Iken, K. (2003). Corallimorphus profundus in shallow Antarctic habitats: bionomics, histology, and systematcis (Cnidaria: Hexacorallia). Zoologische Verhandelingen, 345, 367-386
page(s): 382 [details]
additional source Smith FGW. (1954). Gulf of Mexico Madreporaria. <em>Fisheries Bulletin of the Fish and Wildlife Service (U.S.).</em> 55, 291-295.
page(s): 294 [details]
[request]additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
additional source Daly, M.M., Fautin D.G., Cappola V.A., 2003. Systematics of the Hexacorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 139 3: 419-437.
page(s): 430 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Cairns, S.D. (1989). A revision of the ahermatypic Scleractinia of the Philippine Islands and adjacent waters, Part 1: Fungiacyathidae, Micrabaciidae, Turbinoliinae, Guyniidae, and Flabellidae. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 486: 1-136. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Cairns, S.D. & H. Zibrowius. (1997). Cnidaria Anthozoa: Azooxanthellate Scleractinia from the Philippine and Indonesian regions. <em>in: Crosnier, A. et al. (Ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 16. Campagne Franco-Indonésienne KARUBAR. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie.</em> 172: 27-244. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Cairns, S.D., R. Baron-Szabo, A.F. Budd, B. Lathuilière, E. Roniewicz, J. Stolarski & K.G. Johnson. (2010). Corallosphere. , available online at http://www.corallosphere.org [details]
additional source Duncan PM (1884) A revision of the families and genera of the sclerodermic Zoantharia, Ed. & H., or Madreporaria (M. Rugosa excepted). Journal of the Linnean Society of London, 18: 1-204. [details]
additional source Zibrowius, H. & M.J. Grygier. (1985). Diversity and range of scleractinian coral hosts of Ascothoracida (Crustacea: Maxillopoda). <em>Annales de l'Institut Océanographique.</em> 61(2):115-138.
page(s): 119-120, Fig. 8 & 9 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Riemann-Zürneck, K.; Iken, K. (2003). Corallimorphus profundus in shallow Antarctic habitats: bionomics, histology, and systematcis (Cnidaria: Hexacorallia). Zoologische Verhandelingen, 345, 367-386
page(s): 382 [details]
additional source Smith FGW. (1954). Gulf of Mexico Madreporaria. <em>Fisheries Bulletin of the Fish and Wildlife Service (U.S.).</em> 55, 291-295.
page(s): 294 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Comparison Monotypic [details]Diagnosis Corallum solitary, cupolate, free; septotheca horizontal, often concave, and thin and fragile; costae usually thin ridges; axial edges of septa irregularly dentate, laterally braced by thin T- or Y-shaped synapticular plates that extend upwards and outwards; five cycles of septa; dissepiments absent; paliform lobes sometimes present; columella feeble. [details]
Remark Several fossil species and six Recent species (Cairns, 1989; Szabo, 2002). [details]
Unreviewed
Biology azooxanthellate [details]Depth range 69-2200 m [details]
Fossil range Cretaceous to Recent [details]
