Heterocyathus Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1848

Filander, Zoleka N., Kitahara, Marcelo V., Cairns, Stephen D., Sink, Kerry J. & Lombard, Amanda T., 2021, Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Cnidaria, Anthozoa) from South Africa, ZooKeys 1066, pp. 1-198 : 1

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scientific name	Heterocyathus Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1848
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Diagnosis.

Corallum free and usually encapsulating a gastropod or scaphopod shell inhabited by a sipunculan worm. Costae at lateral theca distinct and either equal or unequal in thickness. At base costae transform into granulations. Lower part of corallum shows a relatively large worm opening (occasionally two) and several small pores.

Type species.

Heterocyathus aequicostatus Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1848, by subsequent designation (Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1850b).