Trochocyathus Explained

Trochocyathus is a genus of corals in the family Caryophylliidae. Living species are found in waters near Hawai'i at depths of NaNm (-2,147,483,648feet).^[1] Fossil species are found as far back as the latest Paleocene in the Dilwyn Formation of Australia,^[2] in the late Cretaceous in the Woodbury Formation of New Jersey,^[3] and in Suffolk.

Platycyathus is sometimes regarded as a subgenus within Trochocyathus.^{[2] [4]}

Species

• Trochocyathus aithoseptatus Cairns, 1984^[1]
• Trochocyathus anglicus Duncan, 1872^[5]
• Trochocyathus balanophylloides Bolsche, 1870^[1]
• Trochocyathus burchae Cairns, 1984^[1]
• Trochocyathus gardineri Vaughan, 1907^[1]
• Trochocyathus mauiensis Vaughan, 1907^[1]
• Trochocyathus oahensis Vaughan, 1907^[1]
• Trochocyathus patelliformis Cairns, 1999^[1]
• Trochocyathus rhombocolumna Alcock, 1902^[1]
• Trochocyathus wilkinsoni Dennant, 1904^[1]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Parrish . FA . Baco-Taylor . AR . Kelley . C . Cairns . SD . Hourigan . TF . 2017 . Deep-Sea Coral Taxa in the Hawaiian Archipelago and other U.S. Pacific Islands: Depth and Geographical Distribution . National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration . 25 October 2021.
2. Stilwell . Jeffrey D. . Macropalaeontology of the Trochocyathus-Trematotrochus band (Paleocene/Eocene boundary), Dilwyn Formation, Otway Basin, Victoria . Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology . January 2003 . 27 . 4 . 245–275 . 10.1080/03115510308619107. 2003Alch...27..245S . 85147299 .
3. Squires . D.F. . Richards . H.G. . 1958 . Some Upper Cretaceous corals from New Jersey . American Museum Novitates . 1911.
4. Stilwell . Jeffrey D. . Gallagher . Stephen J. . Biostratigraphy and macroinvertebrate palaeontology of the petroleum-rich Belfast Mudstone (Sherbrook Group, uppermost Turonian to mid-Santonian), Otway Basin, southeastern Australia . Cretaceous Research . August 2009 . 30 . 4 . 873–884 . 10.1016/j.cretres.2009.01.006. 2009CrRes..30..873S .
5. Duncan . P. M. . On Trochocyathus anglicus, a new species of Madreporaria from the Red Crag . Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society . 1 February 1872 . 28 . 1–2 . 447–449 . 10.1144/GSL.JGS.1872.028.01-02.51. 131584555 .