WoRMS taxon details
Pourtalosmilia conferta Cairns, 1978
AphiaID: 286849
AphiaID: 286849
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Caryophylliidae (Family) > Pourtalosmilia (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Pourtalosmilia Duncan, 1884 | ||||||||||
| Sources |
original description: Cairns, S.D., 1978. A checklist of the ahermatypic Scleractinia of the Gulf of Mexico, with the description of a new species. Gulf Res. Rept. 6(1): 9-l5, l pl. [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., W.C. Jaap, 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. 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] redescription: Cairns, S.D., 2000. A revision of the shallow-water azooxanthellate Scleractinia of the western Atlantic. Stud. Nat. Hist. Carib. Reg. 75: 321 pp., 215 figs. [details] | ||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Gulf of Mexico [details] West Atlantic [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | To Antarctic Invertebrates To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Notes |
Biology: azooxanthellate [details] Depth range: 55-191 m [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:286849 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Cairns, S. (2013). Pourtalosmilia conferta Cairns, 1978. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=286849 on 2013-05-21 | |||||||||||
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