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Bathyactis Moseley, 1880

Fungiacyathus marenzelleri, oblique calicular view of costae

AphiaID

411156 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:411156)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)

Accepted Name

Fungiacyathus (Bathyactis) Moseley, 1880

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Fungia symmetrica Pourtalès, 1871 accepted as Fungiacyathus (Bathyactis) symmetricus (Pourtalès, 1871) (type by monotypy)

Parent

Fungiacyathidae Chevalier & L. Beauvais, 1987

Orig. name

Bathyactis Moseley, 1880

Direct children (5)

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Species Bathyactis hawaiiensis Vaughan, 1907 accepted as Fungiacyathus (Fungiacyathus) fragilis Sars, 1872 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Bathyactis palifera Alcock, 1902 accepted as Fungiacyathus (Fungiacyathus) paliferus (Alcock, 1902) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
Species Bathyactis sibogae Alcock, 1902 accepted as Fungiacyathus (Bathyactis) sibogae (Alcock, 1902) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
Species Bathyactis stephana Alcock, 1893 accepted as Fungiacyathus (Fungiacyathus) stephanus (Alcock, 1893) (unaccepted > superseded combination, misspelling)
Species Bathyactis symmetrica (Pourtalès, 1871) accepted as Fungiacyathus (Bathyactis) symmetricus (Pourtalès, 1871) (unaccepted > superseded combination)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Moseley, H.N. (1881 [1880]). Report on certain hydroid, alcyonarian, and madreporarian corals procured during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger, in the years 1873–1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology. 2 (part 7): 1-248, pl. Hydrocorallinae 1-14, Helioporidae 1-2, Madreporaria 1-16., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-07/README.htm [details]

Descriptive notes

Status A subgenus of Fungiacyathus Sars, 1872

Status A subgenus of Fungiacyathus Sars, 1872 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2024). World List of Scleractinia. Bathyactis Moseley, 1880. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2024) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=411156 on 2024-05-01

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2024). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Bathyactis Moseley, 1880. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=411156 on 2024-05-01

Taxonomic edit history

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2009-08-11 09:20:33Z

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2010-08-09 17:18:47Z

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Cairns, Stephen

2010-09-09 02:46:30Z

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Cairns, Stephen

2018-08-07 16:55:30Z

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Hoeksema, Bert

2020-08-02 09:28:08Z

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Hoeksema, Bert

2022-06-21 12:43:06Z

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Hoeksema, Bert

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original description Moseley, H.N. (1881 [1880]). Report on certain hydroid, alcyonarian, and madreporarian corals procured during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger, in the years 1873–1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology. 2 (part 7): 1-248, pl. Hydrocorallinae 1-14, Helioporidae 1-2, Madreporaria 1-16., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-07/README.htm [details]

additional source Chevalier J-P. (1961). Recherches sur les Madreporaires et les formations recifales Miocenes de la Mediterranee occidentale. Memoires de la Societe Geologique de France, Nouvelle Série. 40(93): 1-562, pls. 1-26. [details]

additional source Delphy, J. (1939). Sur quelques problèmes d' Actinologie. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Paris), XI, 2, (5): 479-483
page(s): 483 [details]

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]

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Comparison Monotypic [details]

Diagnosis Like the nominate subgenus, but having only four cycles of septa [details]

Remark Contains the record of the deepest living scleractinian coral species at 6328 m (Keller, 1974). Seventeen species, including 3 fossil species (Cairns, 1989, 1999). [details]

Status A subgenus of Fungiacyathus Sars, 1872 [details]

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Fungiacyathus marenzelleri, oblique calicular view of costae

Fungiacyathus (Bathyactis) marenzelleri, basal view of costae