WoRMS taxon details
Flabellum (Ulocyathus) alabastrum Moseley in Thomson, 1873
AphiaID: 135194
AphiaID: 135194
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Flabellidae (Family) > Flabellum (Genus) > Flabellum (Ulocyathus) (Subgenus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Flabellum (Ulocyathus) M. Sars, 1851 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Flabellum goodei Verrill, 1878 Flabellum minus 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: 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., D.R. Calder, A. Brinckmann-Voss, C.B. Castro, P.R. Pugh, C.E. Cutress, W.C. Jaap, D.G. Fautin, R.J. Larson, G.R. Harbison, M.N. Arai, and D.M. Opresko, 1991. Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates of the United States and canada: Cnidaria and Ctenophora. American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, 75 pp. [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: Zibrowius, H. 1980, Les Scleractiniares de la Mediterranee et de l Atlantique nord-oriental. Mem. Inst. ocean. , Monaco, 11: 284 pp. page(s): 148 [details] context source (Deepsea): Cairns, Stephen (look up in IMIS) [details] | ||||||||||
| Environment | marine | ||||||||||
| Fossil range | recent only | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Atlantic [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Gulf of Maine [details] North West Atlantic [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | To Encyclopedia of Life To PESI To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Notes |
Biology: azooxanthellate [details] Depth range: 357-2000 m [details] Distribution: Common on continental slope from Georgia to Davis Strait, including Gulf of Maine, also in Nova Scotia waters. [details] Habitat: bathyal [details] Habitat: Known from seamounts and knolls [details] | ||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135194 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Cairns, S.; Hoeksema, B. (2013). Flabellum (Ulocyathus) alabastrum Moseley in Thomson, 1873. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135194 on 2013-05-21 | |||||||||||
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