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Fungiacyathus (Bathyactis) symmetricus (Pourtalès, 1871) 
AphiaID: 287088

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Fungiacyathidae (Family) > Fungiacyathus (Genus) > Fungiacyathus (Bathyactis) (Subgenus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Fungiacyathus (Bathyactis) Moseley, 1881
Synonymised
taxa
  Fungia symmetrica Pourtalès, 1871
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., 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., 1979. The deep-water Scleractinia of the Caribbean and adjacent waters. Stud. Fauna Curacao, 57 (180): 341 pp. [details]

basis of record (from synonym): 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] [view taxon]

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

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taxa

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Subspecies Fungiacyathus symmetricus aleuticus Keller, 1976 accepted as Fungiacyathus (Bathyactis) marenzelleri (Vaughan, 1906)
Subspecies Fungiacyathus symmetricus durus Keller, 1976 accepted as Fungiacyathus (Bathyactis) marenzelleri (Vaughan, 1906)
Subspecies Fungiacyathus symmetricus fragilis Keller, 1976 accepted as Fungiacyathus (Bathyactis) marenzelleri (Vaughan, 1906)
Environment marine, terrestrial
Distribution Bermuda [details]
Gulf of Mexico [details]
West Atlantic [details]
Links To Encyclopedia of Life
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection
To ITIS
Notes  Biology: azooxanthellate [details]

Depth range: 183-1664 m [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:287088
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2008-01-16 10:35:54Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2010-08-04 00:22:31Z  checked  Cairns, Stephen
2010-08-27 12:16:13Z  changed  Cairns, Stephen
  
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  Citation: Cairns, S. (2013). Fungiacyathus (Bathyactis) symmetricus (Pourtalès, 1871). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=287088 on 2013-06-19
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