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Keratoisis flexibilis (Pourtales, 1868) 
AphiaID: 125375

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Octocorallia (Subclass) > Alcyonacea (Order) > Calcaxonia (Suborder) > Isididae (Family) > Keratoisis (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Keratoisis Wright, 1869
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: 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]

additional source: Williams, G.; Sánchez, J. (2009). Octocorallia (Cnidaria). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details]

additional source: Cairns, S.D., and F.M. Bayer, 2009. Octocorallia (Cnidaria) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 321–331 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]

context source (Deepsea): Cairns, Stephen (look up in IMIS[details]

Environment marine
Distribution Atlantic [details]
Bermuda [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Gulf of Mexico [details]
Mediterranean Sea [details]
New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
North West Atlantic (not certain[details]
Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
South West Pacific Ocean [details]
Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection
To ITIS
Note  Habitat: bathyal [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125375
Taxonomic
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van Ofwegen, Leen
  
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  Citation: van Ofwegen, L. (2013). Keratoisis flexibilis (Pourtales, 1868). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125375 on 2013-05-26
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