Coenocyathus: Brief Summary
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Coenocyathus is a genus of cnidarians belonging to the family Caryophylliidae.
The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution.
Species:
Coenocyathus anthophyllites Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
Coenocyathus bowersi Vaughan, 1906
Coenocyathus brooki Cairns, 1995
Coenocyathus caribbeana Cairns, 2000
Coenocyathus cylindricus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
Coenocyathus goreaui Wells, 1972
Coenocyathus hannibali Durham, 1942
Coenocyathus humanni Cairns, 2000
Coenocyathus parvulus (Cairns, 1979)
Coenocyathus sebroecki Kitahara, Capel & Migotto, 2020
Coenocyathus simplex Chevalier, 1961
Coenocyathus taurinensis d'Achiardi, 1868
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Biology
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azooxanthellate
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Depth range
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2-500 m
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Diagnosis
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Corallum colonial, corallites extracalicularly budded from a thick common basal coenosteum; corallites cylindrical and stout; septotheca costate and granular; a crown of pali occurs before penultimate septal cycle; columella papillose or fascicular; endotheca absent.
Habitat
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Known from seamounts and knolls
Stocks, K. 2009. Seamounts Online: an online information system for seamount biology. Version 2009-1. World Wide Web electronic publication.
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