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Acanella rigida Wright & Studer, 1889 
AphiaID: 286303

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Octocorallia (Subclass) > Alcyonacea (Order) > Calcaxonia (Suborder) > Isididae (Family) > Acanella (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Acanella Gray, 1870
Synonymised
taxa
  Acanella japonica Kükenthal, 1915 (synonym)
Acanella sibogae Nutting, 1910 (synonym)
Sources  basis of record: L.P. van Ofwegen, S.D. Cairns & J. van der Land (eds), 2000-2007, as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source (from synonym): Williams, G.; Sánchez, J. (2009). Octocorallia (Cnidaria). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details] [view taxon]

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

Environment marine, terrestrial
Distribution Central Indo-Pacific [details]
New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
West Pacific (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
Note  Habitat: bathyal [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:286303
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2008-01-16 10:35:54Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2010-09-17 06:17:46Z  checked  van Ofwegen, Leen
  
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  Citation: van Ofwegen, L. (2013). Acanella rigida Wright & Studer, 1889. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=286303 on 2013-06-20
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