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Anthomastus grandiflorus Verrill, 1878 
AphiaID: 125335

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Octocorallia (Subclass) > Alcyonacea (Order) > Alcyoniina (Suborder) > Alcyoniidae (Family) > Anthomastus (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Anthomastus Verrill, 1878
Sources  basis of record: van Ofwegen, L.; Grasshoff, M.; van der Land, J. (2001). Octocorallia (excl. Pennatulacea), in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 104-105 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source: Jurgensen, H.F.E. 1927. Anthomastus. The Danish Ingolf-Expedition, Vol. V. Bianco Luno. Copenhagen. 14 p. [details]

additional source: Madsen, F.J. 1944. Octocorallia (Stolonifera - Telestacea - Xeniidae - Alcyonacea - Gorgonacea). The Danish Ingolf-Expedition, Vol. V. Bianco Luno A/S. Copenhagen. 65 p. [details]

additional source: Watling, L., P. Auster (2005). Distribution of deep-water Alcyonacea off the Northeast Coast of the United States. In: Freiwald, A., R.J. Murray, editors. Cold-Water Corals and Ecosystems. Proceedings of the Second Deep-Sea Coral Symposium, Erlangen, Germany, September 2003. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, pp 279-296. [details]

context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

Environment marine
Distribution East Atlantic [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Mediterranean Sea [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection
Note  Distribution: Western Atlantic: near the Polar Circle, in the Davis Strait to about 12 N Lat.N. in the Caribbean Sea. [details]
Images 
Anthomastus grandiflorus
Anthomastus grandiflorus
added on 2011-07-15 - author: Fisheries and Oceans Canada ()
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Anthomastus grandiflorus
Anthomastus grandiflorus
added on 2011-07-15 - author: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Vonda Wareham ()
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125335
Taxonomic
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van Ofwegen, Leen
  
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  Citation: van Ofwegen, L. (2013). Anthomastus grandiflorus Verrill, 1878. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125335 on 2013-05-20
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