Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Cnidaria > Subphylum Anthozoa > Class Hexacorallia > Order Scleractinia > Suborder Refertina > Family Fungiacyathidae > Genus Fungiacyathus

Fungiacyathus (Fungiacyathus) Sars, 1872

Rank: Subgenus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Fungiacyathus*	Sars, 1872	accepted genus name

Children

Fungiacyathus (Fungiacyathus) fragilis Sars, 1872

Literature

original description	Sars, G.O. (1872). On some remarkable forms of animal life from the great deeps off the Norwegian coast. Part 1, partly from posthumous manuscripts of the late Professor Dr. Michael Sars. University Program for the 1st half-year 1869. Brøgger & Christie, Christiania viii. 82: 1-6.
additional source	Cairns, S.D. (1994). Scleractinia of the temperate North Pacific. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 557: 1-150.
additional source	Baron-Szabo, R.C., S.D. Cairns & J. Stolarski. (2021). Part F, Revised. Systematic descriptions of the Scleractinia - Family Fungiacyathidae. Chapter 16. Treatise Online. 149(2): 1-5.
status source	Cairns, S.D. (1989). A revision of the ahermatypic Scleractinia of the Philippine Islands and adjacent waters, Part 1: Fungiacyathidae, Micrabaciidae, Turbinoliinae, Guyniidae, and Flabellidae. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 486: 1-136.

Genbank

Citation

Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Fungiacyathus (Fungiacyathus) Sars, 1872. 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:510036