Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Cnidaria > Subphylum Anthozoa > Class Hexacorallia > Order Scleractinia > Family Stenocyathidae > Genus Stenocyathus

Stenocyathus vermiformis (Pourtalès, 1868)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Coenocyathus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Stenocyathus*	Pourtalès, 1871	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: worm coral sources: van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO).

German: Wurmkoralle

Literature

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redescription	Cairns, S.D. & S.A. Parker. (1992). Review of the Recent Scleractinia (Stony Corals) of South Australia, Victoria and Tasmania. Records South Australian Museum, Monograph Series. 3: 1-82, pls. 1-18,.
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Genbank

Citation

Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Stenocyathus vermiformis (Pourtalès, 1868). 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:135208