WoRMS taxon details
Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) ambrosia caribbeana Cairns, 1979
286726 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:286726)
accepted
Subspecies
marine, terrestrial
Cairns, S. D. (1979). The deep-water Scleractinia of the Caribbean and adjacent waters. <em>Stud. Fauna Curacao.</em> 57(180): 341. [details] Available for editors 
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Depth range 183-1646 m
Depth range 183-1646 m [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2019). World List of Scleractinia. Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) ambrosia caribbeana Cairns, 1979. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=286726 on 2019-03-18
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Cairns, S. D. (1979). The deep-water Scleractinia of the Caribbean and adjacent waters. <em>Stud. Fauna Curacao.</em> 57(180): 341. [details] Available for editors [request]
context source (Deepsea) Cairns, Stephen (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Cairns, S.D.; Hoeksema, B.W. & van der Land, J. (2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D., Jaap, W.C., 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. (2009-2017). On line appendix: Phylogenetic list of the 711 valid Recent azooxanthellate scleractinian species with their junior synonyms and depth ranges, 28 pp. <em>In: Cold-Water Corals: The Biology and Geology of Deep-Sea Coral Habitats.</em> Cambridge University Press, Cambridge., available online at http://www.lophelia.org/images/stories/pdfs/Cold-water_Corals_Online_Appendix.pdf [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]
[request] context source (Deepsea) Cairns, Stephen (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Cairns, S.D.; Hoeksema, B.W. & van der Land, J. (2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D., Jaap, W.C., 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. (2009-2017). On line appendix: Phylogenetic list of the 711 valid Recent azooxanthellate scleractinian species with their junior synonyms and depth ranges, 28 pp. <em>In: Cold-Water Corals: The Biology and Geology of Deep-Sea Coral Habitats.</em> Cambridge University Press, Cambridge., available online at http://www.lophelia.org/images/stories/pdfs/Cold-water_Corals_Online_Appendix.pdf [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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From other sources
Biology azooxanthellate [details]Depth range 183-1646 m [details]
Habitat slope [details]
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | horn coralCaribbean horn coral | [details] |