WoRMS taxon details
Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) ephyala Alcock, 1891
AphiaID: 286742
AphiaID: 286742
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Caryophylliidae (Family) > Caryophyllia (Genus) > Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) (Subgenus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) Lamarck, 1801 | ||||||||||
| Sources |
original description: Wood-Mason, J.; Alcock, A. (1891). Natural history notes from H.M. Indian marine survey steamer 'Investigator', Commander R.F. Hoskyn, R.N., commanding. No. 21. Note on the results of the last season's deep-sea dredging Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. VII, Sixth series(XXXVII): 1-19 (look up in IMIS) [details] basis of record: S.D.Cairns, B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land, update Oct. 2007, as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (look up in IMIS) [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] | ||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Indian Ocean [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | To Encyclopedia of Life To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Notes |
Biology: azooxanthellate [details] Depth range: 420 m [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:286742 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Cairns, S. (2013). Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) ephyala Alcock, 1891. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=286742 on 2013-05-23 | |||||||||||
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