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Trochocyathus

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae

Taxonomy
Trochocyathus was named by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1848) [Sepkoski's age data: J Bath R Sepkoski's reference number: 2]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Turbinoliidae by Koby (1895); to Caryophylliinae by Wells (1956) and Squires (1984); to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); and to Caryophylliidae by Squires (1988), Squires (2001), Baron-Szabo (2002) and Löser (2010).

Species
Paratrochocyathus cupuliformis, Tethocyathus prahli, Tethocyathus walbersdorfensis, T. (Aplocyathus), T. (Platycyathus), T. acutus, T. adelaidensis, T. androiavensis, T. antsiranensis, T. arenulatus, T. balanophylloides, T. carbonarius, T. cermelli, T. chevalieri, T. cingulatus, T. collignoni, T. coloradoensis, T. conulus, T. crassus, T. crooki, T. cupuliformis (syn. Deltocyathus arctous), T. depressus, T. duncani, T. egerius, T. gardnerae, T. hanzawai, T. harveyanus, T. hemisphaericus, T. imparipartitus, T. imperialis, T. infracompressus, T. lakii (syn. Protrochocyathus pergratus, Cyrtocyathus collignoni, T. hyatti, T. desioi, T. libycus), T. laminus, T. madagascariensis, T. mamillatus, T. maplestonei, T. mediterraneus, T. mexicanum, T. michelottii, T. microphyes, T. microphyllus, T. mitratus (syn. Protrochocyathus septempartitus, T. matleyi, Paracyathus kangpaensis, T. dakotaensis, T. haunsbergensis, Notocyathus morozi, Asterosmilia sakalavensis, T. neumani, T. corbicula), T. nomlandi, T. oregonensis, T. paliscus, T. perarmatus, T. pergranulatus, T. perrini, T. persicus, T. planicostatus, T. plicatus, T. pyrenaicus, T. revolutus, T. sachalinensis, T. schmidti, T. sellardsi, T. sismondae, T. speciosus (syn. Tethocyathus kopetdagensis, Paratrochocyathus epicharis, Deltocyathus staszici, Protrochocyathus deniseptatus, T. johannesi, Paratrochocyathus lemniscatus, T. mississippiensis, T. kroisbachensis), T. stantoni, T. striatus, T. subarcuatus, T. sublaevis, T. taylorensis, T. thorenti, T. townsendensis, T. uber, T. umbrella, T. valceppiensis, T. wilkinsoni, T. wiltshirei, T. wintoni, T. woolmani

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Trochocyathus Milne-Edwards and Haime
1895Trochocyathus Koby
1933Tethocyathus Kühn
1956Tethocyathus Wells
1956Trochocyathus Wells p. F423
1958Cyrtocyathus Alloiteau
1958Paratrochocyathus Alloiteau
1958Protrochocyathus Alloiteau
1961Trochocyathus (Paratrochocyathus) Chevalier
1975Platytrochopsis Sikharulidze
1984Trochocyathus Squires p. 14
1988Trochocyathus Squires p. 6
1998Protrochocyathus Baron-Szabo
2001Trochocyathus Squires p. 7
2002Trochocyathus Baron-Szabo p. 158
2002Cyrtocyathus Sepkoski
2002Pachycyathus Sepkoski
2002Platytrochopsis Sepkoski
2002Protrochocyathus Sepkoski
2002Tethocyathus Sepkoski
2002Trochocyathus Sepkoski
2003Paratrochocyathus Turnsek et al.
2010Trochocyathus Löser p. 583

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderCaryophylliina(Vaughan and Wells 1943)
superfamilyCaryophylliicaeGray 1847
familyCaryophylliidaeGray 1847
genusTrochocyathusMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Trochocyathus Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
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Subg. Trochocyathus (Platycyathus) Fromentel 1863
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Platycyathus eburnensis Barta-Calmus 1969
Platycyathus grahami Durham 1943
Platycyathus orbignyi Fromentel 1862
Platycyathus yezoensis Eguchi 1951
Trochocyathus acutus Chevalier 1961
Trochocyathus androiavensis Alloiteau 1936
Trochocyathus antsiranensis Collignon 1931
Trochocyathus cermelli Stoppani 1865
Trochocyathus chevalieri Cairns and Wells 1987
Trochocyathus cingulatus Vaughan 1900
Trochocyathus collignoni Alloiteau 1958
Trochocyathus coloradoensis Vaughan and Popenoe 1935
Trochocyathus conulus Phillips 1829
Trochocyathus crassus Alloiteau 1958
Trochocyathus crooki Merriam and Turner 1937
Trochocyathus cupuliformis Alloiteau 1936
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Invalid names: Deltocyathus arctous Kuzmicheva 1987 [synonym]
Trochocyathus depressus Vaughan 1900
Trochocyathus duncani Cairns and Wells 1987
Trochocyathus egerius White 1879
Trochocyathus hanzawai Yabe and Eguchi 1932
Trochocyathus harveyanus Fromentel 1859
Trochocyathus imparipartitus Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
Trochocyathus imperialis Nomland 1916
Trochocyathus lakii Duncan 1880
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Invalid names: Cyrtocyathus collignoni Alloiteau 1958 [synonym], Protrochocyathus pergratus Eliasova 1997 [synonym], Trochocyathus desioi Rossi Ronchetti 1955 [synonym], Trochocyathus hyatti Vaughan 1900 [synonym], Trochocyathus libycus Rossi Ronchetti 1955 [synonym]
Trochocyathus laminus Quenstedt 1858
Trochocyathus mamillatus Guembel 1861
Trochocyathus maplestonei Dennant 1903
Trochocyathus mexicanum Frost and Langenheim, Jr. 1974
Trochocyathus michelottii d'Achiardi 1868
Trochocyathus mitratus Goldfuss 1826
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Invalid names: Asterosmilia sakalavensis Alloiteau 1951 [synonym], Notocyathus morozi Kuzmicheva 1975 [synonym], Paracyathus kangpaensis Wu 1975 [synonym], Protrochocyathus septempartitus Alloiteau 1958 [synonym], Trochocyathus corbicula Duncan 1880 [synonym], Trochocyathus dakotaensis Vaughan 1920 [synonym], Trochocyathus haunsbergensis Traub 1938 [synonym], Trochocyathus matleyi Wells 1934 [synonym], Trochocyathus neumani Vaughan 1920 [synonym]
Trochocyathus nomlandi Bentson 1943
Trochocyathus oregonensis Nomland 1916
Trochocyathus paliscus Squires 1962
Trochocyathus perarmatus Tallavignes 1849
Trochocyathus perrini Dickerson 1913
Trochocyathus persicus Kühn 1933
Trochocyathus plicatus Michelotti 1838
Trochocyathus pyrenaicus Michelin 1846
Trochocyathus revolutus Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
Trochocyathus schmidti Gerth 1923
Trochocyathus sismondae Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
Trochocyathus speciosus Gabb and Horn 1860
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Invalid names: Deltocyathus staszici Rozkowska 1955 [synonym], Paratrochocyathus epicharis Wanner 1902 [synonym], Paratrochocyathus lemniscatus Squires 1958 [synonym], Protrochocyathus deniseptatus Hassan and Salama 1970 [synonym], Tethocyathus kopetdagensis Kuzmicheva 1987 [synonym], Trochocyathus johannesi Floris 1972 [synonym], Trochocyathus kroisbachensis Traub 1938 [synonym], Trochocyathus mississippiensis Wells 1933 [synonym]
Trochocyathus stantoni Vaughan 1900
Trochocyathus subarcuatus Alloiteau 1958
Trochocyathus sublaevis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
Trochocyathus thorenti d'Orbigny 1850
Trochocyathus uber Vaughan and Popenoe 1935
Trochocyathus umbrella Ponzi 1876
Trochocyathus valceppiensis Chevalier 1961
Trochocyathus wilkinsoni Dennant 1904
Trochocyathus wiltshirei Duncan 1870
Trochocyathus wintoni Wells 1933
Trochocyathus woolmani Vaughan 1900
Invalid names: Cyrtocyathus Alloiteau 1958 [synonym], Pachycyathus [synonym], Paratrochocyathus Alloiteau 1958 [synonym], Platytrochopsis Sikharulidze 1975 [synonym], Protrochocyathus Alloiteau 1958 [synonym], Tethocyathus Kühn 1933 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available