WoRMS taxon details
Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) octopali Vaughan, 1907
AphiaID: 286754
AphiaID: 286754
| 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 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Caryophyllia octopali var. incerta Vaughan, 1907 | ||||||||||
| Sources |
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] additional source: Cairns, S.D., 1984. New records of ahermatypic corals (Scleractinia) from the Hawaiian and Line Islands. Occasional papers of the Bishop Musem, 25(10): 1-30. [details] redescription: Kitahara, M.V., S.D. Cairns, and D.J. Miller. 2010. Monophyletic origin of Caryophyllia (Scleractinia, Caryophylliidae), with descriptions of six new species. Systematics and Biodiversity, 8(1): 91-118, 118 figs. [details] context source (Deepsea): Cairns, Stephen (look up in IMIS) [details] | ||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Variety Caryophyllia octopali var. incerta Vaughan, 1907 accepted as Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) octopali Vaughan, 1907 | ||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Central Pacific Ocean [details] West Pacific [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | To Encyclopedia of Life To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Notes |
Biology: azooxanthellate [details] Depth range: 457-627 m [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:286754 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Cairns, S. (2013). Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) octopali Vaughan, 1907. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=286754 on 2013-05-26 | |||||||||||
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