| Common Name | Black cup coral |
| Language | English |
| Type | Vernacular |
| Official Trade Name | No |
| Rank | 2 - (Preferred common name (unique)) |
| Country | Hawaii |
| Locality | |
| Ref. | Meadows, D.W. and A. Kane, 2006 |
| Life Stage | juveniles and adults |
| Sex | |
| Core | |
| 1st Modifier | |
| 2nd Modifier | |
| Remarks | 'coral' from Middle English, Anglo-French, Latin 'corallium'; from Greek 'korallion'. |