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Telesto Lamouroux, 1812 
AphiaID: 177688

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Octocorallia (Subclass) > Alcyonacea (Order) > Stolonifera (Suborder) > Clavulariidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Clavulariidae Hickson, 1894
Sources  basis of record: 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]

basis of record: Verseveldt, J. (1971). Octocorallia from North-Western Madagascar (Part II). Zoologische Verhandelingen Leiden, 117. [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]

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 Species Telesto africana Verrill, 1870
Species Telesto arborea Wright & Studer, 1889
Species Telesto aurantiaca Lamouroux, 1812
Species Telesto californica Kükenthal, 1913
Species Telesto corallina Duchassaing, 1870
Species Telesto flavula Deichmann, 1936
Species Telesto fruticulosa Dana, 1846
Species Telesto nelleae Bayer, 1961
Species Telesto nuttingi Kükenthal, 1913
Species Telesto operculata (Bayer, 1961)
Species Telesto pelasgica Lamouroux, 1812
Species Telesto prolifera von Koch, 1882
Species Telesto rigida Wright & Studer, 1889
Species Telesto riisei Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860
Species Telesto sanguinea Deichmann, 1936
Species Telesto setoutiana Utinomi, 1973
Species Telesto smithi (Gray, 1869)
Species Telesto trichostemma (Dana, 1846)
Species Telesto tubulosa Kinoshita, 1909

Species Telesto humilis (nomen dubium)

Species Telesto fructiculosa Dana, 1846 accepted as Telesto fruticulosa Dana, 1846
Species Telesto septentrionalis Madsen, 1944 accepted as Telestula septentrionalis Madsen, 1944
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:177688
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Edit history
 
Date   action   by
1998-01-07 13:05:17Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2005-07-26 12:01:18Z  changed  Espinel, Nadjejda
2010-09-16 09:11:12Z  changed  van Ofwegen, Leen
  
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  Citation: van Ofwegen, L. (2013). Telesto Lamouroux, 1812. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=177688 on 2013-05-19
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