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Narella alvinae Cairns & Bayer, 2003 
AphiaID: 286509

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Octocorallia (Subclass) > Alcyonacea (Order) > Calcaxonia (Suborder) > Primnoidae (Family) > Narella (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Narella Gray, 1870
Synonymised
taxa		  Narella alvinea Cairns & Bayer, 2003 (Spelling variation)
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: Cairns, S.D., and F.M.Bayer, 2009. A generic revision and phylogenetic analysis of the Primnoidae (Cnidaria:Octocorallia). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 629. Smithsonian Institution Press: Washington DC (USA). 79 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

basis of record (from synonym): Bouchet, P.; Fontaine, B. (2009). List of new marine species described between 2002-2006. Census of Marine Life. [details] [view taxon]

original description (from synonym): Cairns, S.D., and F.M.Bayer, 2003. Studies on western Atlantic Octocorallia (Coelenterata: Anthozoa). Part 3. The genus Narella Gray, 1870. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 116 (3):617-648 [details] [view taxon]

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

Environment marine, terrestrial
Distribution Bermuda [details]
West Central Atlantic [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection
Note  Habitat: abyssal [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:286509
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). Narella alvinae Cairns & Bayer, 2003. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=286509 on 2013-06-18
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