WoRMS taxon details
Fungiacyathus (Bathyactis) marenzelleri (Vaughan, 1906)
135205 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135205)
accepted
Species
Bathyactis marenzelleri Vaughan, 1906 · unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)
Bathytrochus hexagonalis Gravier, 1915 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (misspelling)
Bathytrochus hexagonus Gravier, 1915 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Deltocyathus hexagonus (Gravier, 1915) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Fungiacyathus (Bathyactis) symmetricus aleuticus Keller, 1976 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Fungiacyathus (Bathyactis) symmetricus durus Keller, 1976 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Fungiacyathus (Bathyactis) symmetricus fragilis Keller, 1976 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Fungiacyathus aleuticus Keller, 1976 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Fungiacyathus durus Keller, 1976 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Fungiacyathus hexagonus (Gravier, 1915) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Fungiacyathus marenzelleri (Vaughan, 1906) · alternative representation
Fungiacyathus symmetricus aleuticus Keller, 1976 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Fungiacyathus symmetricus durus Keller, 1976 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Fungiacyathus symmetricus fragilis Keller, 1976 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Bathyactis marenzelleri Vaughan, 1906) Vaughan TW (1906) Report on the scientific results of the expedition to the eastern tropical Pacific. VI Madreporaria. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 50: 59-72, pls. 1-10. [details]
Holotype (of Bathyactis marenzelleri Vaughan, 1906)...
Holotype (of Bathyactis marenzelleri Vaughan, 1906) MCZ, geounit High Seas [details]
Depth range 1820-6328 m, the deepest known scleractinian
Distribution cosmopolitan
Taxonomy Fungiacyathus sp. A of Zibrowius and Grygier, 1985
Depth range 1820-6328 m, the deepest known scleractinian [details]
Distribution cosmopolitan
Distribution cosmopolitan [details]
Taxonomy Fungiacyathus sp. A of Zibrowius and Grygier, 1985
Taxonomy Fungiacyathus sp. A of Zibrowius and Grygier, 1985 [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Fungiacyathus (Bathyactis) marenzelleri (Vaughan, 1906). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135205 on 2025-07-17
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Fungiacyathus (Bathyactis) symmetricus aleuticus Keller, 1976) Keller NB. (1976). The deep-sea madreporarian corals of the genus Fungiacyathus from the Kurile-Kamchatka, Aleutian Trenches and other regions of the world oceans. <em>Trudy Instituta Okeanologii.</em> 99: 31-44, pls. 1-3. [details]
original description (of Fungiacyathus (Bathyactis) symmetricus fragilis Keller, 1976) Keller NB. (1976). The deep-sea madreporarian corals of the genus Fungiacyathus from the Kurile-Kamchatka, Aleutian Trenches and other regions of the world oceans. <em>Trudy Instituta Okeanologii.</em> 99: 31-44, pls. 1-3. [details]
original description (of Bathyactis marenzelleri Vaughan, 1906) Vaughan TW (1906) Report on the scientific results of the expedition to the eastern tropical Pacific. VI Madreporaria. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 50: 59-72, pls. 1-10. [details]
original description (of Bathytrochus hexagonus 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]
original description (of Fungiacyathus symmetricus aleuticus Keller, 1976) Keller NB. (1976). The deep-sea madreporarian corals of the genus Fungiacyathus from the Kurile-Kamchatka, Aleutian Trenches and other regions of the world oceans. <em>Trudy Instituta Okeanologii.</em> 99: 31-44, pls. 1-3. [details]
original description (of Fungiacyathus symmetricus fragilis Keller, 1976) Keller NB. (1976). The deep-sea madreporarian corals of the genus Fungiacyathus from the Kurile-Kamchatka, Aleutian Trenches and other regions of the world oceans. <em>Trudy Instituta Okeanologii.</em> 99: 31-44, pls. 1-3. [details]
original description (of Fungiacyathus symmetricus durus Keller, 1976) Keller NB. (1976). The deep-sea madreporarian corals of the genus Fungiacyathus from the Kurile-Kamchatka, Aleutian Trenches and other regions of the world oceans. <em>Trudy Instituta Okeanologii.</em> 99: 31-44, pls. 1-3. [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 Fungiacyathus (Bathyactis) symmetricus fragilis Keller, 1976) Keller NB. (1976). The deep-sea madreporarian corals of the genus Fungiacyathus from the Kurile-Kamchatka, Aleutian Trenches and other regions of the world oceans. <em>Trudy Instituta Okeanologii.</em> 99: 31-44, pls. 1-3. [details]
original description (of Bathyactis marenzelleri Vaughan, 1906) Vaughan TW (1906) Report on the scientific results of the expedition to the eastern tropical Pacific. VI Madreporaria. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 50: 59-72, pls. 1-10. [details]
original description (of Bathytrochus hexagonus 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]
original description (of Fungiacyathus symmetricus aleuticus Keller, 1976) Keller NB. (1976). The deep-sea madreporarian corals of the genus Fungiacyathus from the Kurile-Kamchatka, Aleutian Trenches and other regions of the world oceans. <em>Trudy Instituta Okeanologii.</em> 99: 31-44, pls. 1-3. [details]
original description (of Fungiacyathus symmetricus fragilis Keller, 1976) Keller NB. (1976). The deep-sea madreporarian corals of the genus Fungiacyathus from the Kurile-Kamchatka, Aleutian Trenches and other regions of the world oceans. <em>Trudy Instituta Okeanologii.</em> 99: 31-44, pls. 1-3. [details]
original description (of Fungiacyathus symmetricus durus Keller, 1976) Keller NB. (1976). The deep-sea madreporarian corals of the genus Fungiacyathus from the Kurile-Kamchatka, Aleutian Trenches and other regions of the world oceans. <em>Trudy Instituta Okeanologii.</em> 99: 31-44, pls. 1-3. [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]
Taxonomy
redescription
Cairns, S.D. (1982). Antarctic and Subantarctic Scleractinia. <em>Antarctic Research Series.</em> 34: 1-74. [details] Available for editors 
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redescription Cairns, S.D. (1979). The deep-water Scleractinia of the Caribbean and adjacent waters. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands.</em> 57:1-341. [details] Available for editors [request]
redescription Cairns, S.D. (1994). Scleractinia of the temperate North Pacific. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 557: 1-150. [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]redescription Cairns, S.D. (1979). The deep-water Scleractinia of the Caribbean and adjacent waters. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands.</em> 57:1-341. [details] Available for editors
[request]redescription Cairns, S.D. (1994). Scleractinia of the temperate North Pacific. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 557: 1-150. [details] Available for editors
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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 (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
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 [request]
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. <em>In: Cold-Water Corals: The Biology and Geology of Deep-Sea Coral Habitats.</em> Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D. (2004). The azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) of Australia. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 56(3): 259-329. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source 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 [request]
additional source Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V. Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> :59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Schejter L, Bremec CS. (2019). Stony corals (Anthozoa: Scleractinia) of Burdwood Bank and neighbouring areas, SW Atlantic Ocean. <em>Scientia Marina.</em> 83(3): 247-260., available online at https://doi.org/10.3989/scimar.04863.10a [details]
additional source Kitahara, M.V. & S.D. Cairns. (2021). Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Cnidaria, Anthozoa) from New Caledonia. <em>Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle.</em> 215:1-722. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Cairns, S.D. (1995). The marine fauna of New Zealand: Scleractinia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa. <em>New Zealand Oceanographic Memoir.</em> 103: 1-210. [details] Available for editors [request]
context source (Deepsea) Cairns, Stephen (look up in IMIS) [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
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
[request]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. <em>In: Cold-Water Corals: The Biology and Geology of Deep-Sea Coral Habitats.</em> Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D. (2004). The azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) of Australia. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 56(3): 259-329. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source 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
[request]additional source Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V. Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> :59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Schejter L, Bremec CS. (2019). Stony corals (Anthozoa: Scleractinia) of Burdwood Bank and neighbouring areas, SW Atlantic Ocean. <em>Scientia Marina.</em> 83(3): 247-260., available online at https://doi.org/10.3989/scimar.04863.10a [details]
additional source Kitahara, M.V. & S.D. Cairns. (2021). Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Cnidaria, Anthozoa) from New Caledonia. <em>Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle.</em> 215:1-722. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Cairns, S.D. (1995). The marine fauna of New Zealand: Scleractinia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa. <em>New Zealand Oceanographic Memoir.</em> 103: 1-210. [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype (of Bathyactis marenzelleri Vaughan, 1906) MCZ, geounit High Seas [details]
Nontype (of Fungiacyathus marenzelleri (Vaughan, 1906)) UMML 0,49305555556, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Fungiacyathus marenzelleri (Vaughan, 1906)) USNM 45838, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Fungiacyathus marenzelleri (Vaughan, 1906)) USNM 45839, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Fungiacyathus marenzelleri (Vaughan, 1906)) USNM 45840, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Fungiacyathus marenzelleri (Vaughan, 1906)) USNM 45841, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Bathyactis marenzelleri Vaughan, 1906) MCZ, geounit High Seas [details]
Nontype USNM 93976, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 93977, geounit High Seas [details]
Nontype USNM 93978, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paratype (of Bathyactis marenzelleri Vaughan, 1906) MCZ, geounit United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type (of Fungiacyathus marenzelleri (Vaughan, 1906)) USNM 45673, geounit Antarctica [details]
Unknown type (of Fungiacyathus marenzelleri (Vaughan, 1906)) USNM 47465, geounit Antarctica [details]
Unknown type (of Fungiacyathus marenzelleri (Vaughan, 1906)) USNM 47466, geounit Danish Exclusive Economic Zone (Greenland) [details]
Unknown type (of Fungiacyathus marenzelleri (Vaughan, 1906)) USNM 47467, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type (of Fungiacyathus marenzelleri (Vaughan, 1906)) USNM 47468, geounit Antarctica [details]
Unknown type (of Fungiacyathus marenzelleri (Vaughan, 1906)) USNM 47469, geounit Antarctica [details]
Unknown type (of Fungiacyathus marenzelleri (Vaughan, 1906)) USNM 47470, geounit Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type (of Fungiacyathus marenzelleri (Vaughan, 1906)) USNM 47471, geounit Falkland Islands Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type (of Fungiacyathus marenzelleri (Vaughan, 1906)) USNM 47473, geounit Antarctica [details]
Unknown type (of Fungiacyathus marenzelleri (Vaughan, 1906)) USNM 47474, geounit Antarctica [details]
Unknown type (of Fungiacyathus marenzelleri (Vaughan, 1906)) USNM 47475, geounit Antarctica [details]
Unknown type (of Fungiacyathus marenzelleri (Vaughan, 1906)) USNM 47476, geounit High Seas [details]
Unknown type (of Fungiacyathus marenzelleri (Vaughan, 1906)) USNM 47477, geounit Antarctica [details]
Unknown type (of Fungiacyathus marenzelleri (Vaughan, 1906)) USNM 47666, geounit Antarctica [details]
Unknown type SIO Co 1268, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type SIO Co 1269, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type SIO Co 1270, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type SIO Co 1272, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type SIO Co 1288, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type SIO Co 944, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type USNM 47467, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type USNM 80119, geounit Mexican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type USNM 85790, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type USNM 87615, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type USNM 87616, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type USNM 92439, geounit Russian Exclusive economic Zone [details]
Unknown type USNM 92440, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type USNM 92441, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type USNM 92442, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type USNM 92443, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type USNM 92444, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type USNM 92445, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type USNM 92446, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type USNM 92447, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type USNM 92448, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type USNM 92449, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type USNM 92450, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unreviewed
Biology azooxanthellate [details]Depth range 1820-6328 m, the deepest known scleractinian [details]
Distribution cosmopolitan [details]
Habitat bathyal to abyssal [details]
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
Taxonomy Fungiacyathus sp. A of Zibrowius and Grygier, 1985 [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Marenzeller's stony coral | [details] |
| French | scléractiniaire de Marenzeller | [details] |
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Fungiacyathus marenzelleri) (from synonym Fungiacyathus marenzelleri (Vaughan, 1906))
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Bathyactis marenzelleri Vaughan, 1906)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Fungiacyathus marenzelleri (Vaughan, 1906))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Fungiacyathus marenzelleri; USNM 47476) (from synonym Fungiacyathus marenzelleri (Vaughan, 1906))
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (1 record) (from synonym Fungiacyathus (Bathyactis) symmetricus durus Keller, 1976)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (25 records) (from synonym Fungiacyathus (Bathyactis) symmetricus aleuticus Keller, 1976)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (657 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (Holotype USNM 47415) (from synonym Bathyactis marenzelleri Vaughan, 1906)
To ITIS
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Bathyactis marenzelleri Vaughan, 1906)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Fungiacyathus marenzelleri (Vaughan, 1906))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Fungiacyathus marenzelleri; USNM 47476) (from synonym Fungiacyathus marenzelleri (Vaughan, 1906))
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (1 record) (from synonym Fungiacyathus (Bathyactis) symmetricus durus Keller, 1976)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (25 records) (from synonym Fungiacyathus (Bathyactis) symmetricus aleuticus Keller, 1976)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (657 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (Holotype USNM 47415) (from synonym Bathyactis marenzelleri Vaughan, 1906)
To ITIS
