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

Paracyathus pulchellus (Philippi, 1842)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Cyathina Ehrenberg, 1834

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Paracyathus*	Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: papillose cup coral; papillose cupcoral sources: van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO).;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: Papillen-Nelkenkoralle

Literature

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Genbank

Citation

Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Paracyathus pulchellus (Philippi, 1842). 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:135163