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Dasmosmilia lymani (Pourtalès, 1871) 
AphiaID: 135152

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Caryophylliidae (Family) > Dasmosmilia (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Dasmosmilia Pourtalès, 1880
Synonymised
taxa
  Dasmosmilia pacifica (Yabe & Eguchi, 1932)
Goniocyathus pacifica Yabe & Eguchi, 1932
Parasmilia lymani Pourtalès, 1871
Sources  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: Breeze, H., D.S. Davis, M. Butler, and V. Kostylev. 1997. Distribution and status of deep sea corals off Nova Scotia. Ecology Action Centre. Halifax. 58 p. [details]

additional source: Cairns, S.D., 2009. Stylasteridae, Scleractinia (Cnidaria). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details]

additional source: Cairns, S.D., W.C. Jaap, and J.C. Lang. 2009. Scleractinia (Cnidaria) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 333–347 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]

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]

additional source: Cairns, S.D., 1981. Marine flora and fauna of the northeastern United States. Scleractinia. NOAA Tech. Rept. NMFS Circ. 438: l4 pp., l6 figs.  [details]

additional source: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]

redescription: Cairns, S.D., 2000. A revision of the shallow-water azooxanthellate Scleractinia of the western Atlantic. Stud. Nat. Hist. Carib. Reg. 75: 321 pp., 215 figs.  [details]

redescription: Zibrowius, H. 1980, Les Scleractiniares de la Mediterranee et de l Atlantique nord-oriental. Mem. Inst. ocean. , Monaco, 11: 284 pp. [details]

redescription: Cairns, S.D., 1979. The deep-water Scleractinia of the Caribbean and adjacent waters. Stud. Fauna Curacao, 57 (180): 341 pp. [details]

redescription: Cairns, S.D., 1995. The marine fauna of New Zealand: Scleractinia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa). N. Z. Oceanographic Mem, 103: 210 pp. [details]

redescription: Cairns, S.D., 1977. Caryophylliina and Dendrophylliina (Anthozoa: Scleractinia). Mem. Hourglass Cruises 3(4): 27 pp., 2 pls.  [details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English splitting cup coral  [details]
Environment marine
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Central Pacific Ocean [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Gulf of Mexico [details]
New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
North Atlantic [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
West Pacific [details]
Links To Antarctic Invertebrates
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection
To ITIS
Notes  Biology: azooxanthellate [details]

Depth range: 37-366 m [details]

Distribution: in Nova Scotia waters [details]

Habitat: shelf [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135152
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Hoeksema, Bert
2010-08-23 12:18:45Z  changed  Cairns, Stephen
  
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  Citation: Cairns, S.; Hoeksema, B. (2013). Dasmosmilia lymani (Pourtalès, 1871). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135152 on 2013-05-21
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