''Trochocyathus'' is a
genus
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of corals in the
family
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Caryophylliidae
The Caryophylliidae are a family of stony corals found from the tropics to temperate seas, and from shallow to very deep water.
Genera
*'' Africana'' Ocana & Brito, 2015
*'' Anomocora'' Studer, 1878
*'' Asterosmilia'' Duncan, 1867
*'' Auloc ...
. Living species are found in waters near
Hawai'i at depths of .
Fossil species are found as far back as the latest
Paleocene
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in the
Dilwyn Formation of Australia,
in the
late Cretaceous
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in the
Woodbury Formation
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The remains of the dinosaur ...
of
New Jersey
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,
and in
Suffolk
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.
''Platycyathus'' is sometimes regarded as a subgenus within ''Trochocyathus.''
Species
* ''
Trochocyathus aithoseptatus''
Cairns, 1984[
* '' Trochocyathus anglicus'' Duncan, 1872][
* '' Trochocyathus burchae'' Cairns, 1984][
* '' Trochocyathus gardineri'' Vaughan, 1907][
* '' Trochocyathus mauiensis'' Vaughan, 1907][
* '' Trochocyathus oahensis'' Vaughan, 1907][
* '' Trochocyathus patelliformis'' Cairns, 1999][
* '' Trochocyathus rhombocolumna'' Alcock, 1902][
* '' Trochocyathus wilkinsoni'' Dennant, 1904][
]
References
Caryophylliidae
Scleractinia genera
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