Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Cnidaria > Subphylum Anthozoa > Class Hexacorallia > Order Scleractinia > Suborder Vacatina > Family Caryophylliidae > Genus Caryophyllia > Subgenus Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia)

Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) inornata (Duncan, 1878)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Paracyathus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Caryophyllia*	Lamarck, 1801	accepted genus name
*Ceratocyathus*	Seguenza, 1861	synonym
*Cyathina*	Ehrenberg, 1834	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: circular cupcoral; southern cup-coral sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

German: Runde Nelkenkoralle

Literature

basis of record	Cairns, S.D., Hoeksema, B.W., and J. van der Land, 2001. Scleractinia, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 109-110

Genbank

External Links

Marine Life Information Network - UK

Citation

Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) inornata (Duncan, 1878). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135141