WoRMS taxon details
Paracyathus pulchellus (Philippi, 1842)
AphiaID: 135163
AphiaID: 135163
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Caryophylliidae (Family) > Paracyathus (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||
| Parent | Paracyathus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 | |||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) sinuosa Duchassaing, 1870 Cyathina pulchella Philippi, 1842 Cyathina striata Philippi, 1842 Paracyathus africanus Duncan, 1878 Paracyathus agassizii Duncan, 1873 Paracyathus confertus Pourtalès, 1868 Paracyathus costatus Duncan, 1878 Paracyathus defilippi Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 Paracyathus insignis Duncan, 1878 | |||||||
| 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: 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: Reyes, J., N. Santodomingo and S.D. Cairns, 2009. Caryophylliidae (Scleractinia) from the Colombian Caribbean. Zootaxa 2262: 1-39, including 4 pls. [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. page(s): 90 [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., 1977. Caryophylliina and Dendrophylliina (Anthozoa: Scleractinia). Mem. Hourglass Cruises 3(4): 27 pp., 2 pls. [details] context source (Deepsea): Cairns, Stephen (look up in IMIS) [details] | |||||||
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| Environment | marine | |||||||
| Distribution | Azores Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Bermuda [details] Caribbean Sea [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] Jamaica (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Mediterranean Sea [details] North Atlantic [details] Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Trinidad and Tobago [details] | |||||||
| Links | To Biodiversity Heritage Library (27 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 0 proteins) To PESI To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection To ITIS | |||||||
| Notes |
Biology: azooxanthellate [details] Depth range: 17-1260 m [details] Habitat: Known from seamounts and knolls [details] Habitat: shelf to slope [details] | |||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135163 | |||||||
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| Citation: Hoeksema, B. (2013). Paracyathus pulchellus (Philippi, 1842). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135163 on 2013-05-25 | ||||||||
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