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Ctenocella elongata Pallas, 1766 
AphiaID: 287600

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Octocorallia (Subclass) > Alcyonacea (Order) > Calcaxonia (Suborder) > Ellisellidae (Family) > Ctenocella (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Ellisella elongata (Pallas, 1766)
Rank Species
Parent Ctenocella Valenciennes, 1855
Sources  basis of record: L.P. van Ofwegen, S.D. Cairns & J. van der Land (eds), 2000-2007, as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Cairns, S.D., and F.M. Bayer, 2009. Octocorallia (Cnidaria) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 321–331 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]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English sea whip  [details]
Environment marine, terrestrial
Distribution Gulf of Mexico [details]
Links To Antarctic Invertebrates
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection
Note  Habitat: Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:287600
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2008-01-16 10:35:54Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2010-09-16 13:29:41Z  changed  van Ofwegen, Leen
  
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  Citation: van Ofwegen, L. (2013). Ctenocella elongata Pallas, 1766. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=287600 on 2013-05-25
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