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Aulocyathus atlanticus Zibrowius, 1980 
AphiaID: 135132

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Caryophylliidae (Family) > Aulocyathus (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Aulocyathus Marenzeller, 1904
Sources  original description: Zibrowius, H. 1980, Les Scleractiniares de la Mediterranee et de l Atlantique nord-oriental. Mem. Inst. ocean. , Monaco, 11: 284 pp.
page(s): 106-107 [details]

basis of record: Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema, and J. van der Land, 2001. Scleractinia, 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. 109-110 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source: Cairns, S.D., 2009. On line appendix: Phylogenetic list of the 711 valid Recent azooxanthellate scleractinian species with their junior synonyms and depth ranges, 28 pp. In: Cold-Water Corals: The Biology and Geology of Deep-Sea Coral Habitats. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge http://www.lophelia.org/online-appendices  [details]

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

Environment marine
Distribution East North Atlantic [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection
To ITIS
Notes  Biology: azooxanthellate [details]

Depth range: 450-1716 m [details]

Habitat: slope [details]

Habitat: Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135132
Taxonomic
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Hoeksema, Bert
  
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  Citation: Hoeksema, B. (2013). Aulocyathus atlanticus Zibrowius, 1980. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135132 on 2013-06-19
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