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Distichopora gracilis Dana, 1848 
AphiaID: 288326

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Hydrozoa (Class) > Hydroidolina (Subclass) > Anthoathecata (Order) > Filifera (Suborder) > Stylasteridae (Family) > Distichopora (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Distichopora Lamarck, 1816
Synonymised
taxa
  Distichopora conferta Quelch, 1885
Distichopora fragilis Quelch, 1885
Distichopora granulosa Quelch, 1885
Distichopora milesii Quelch, 1884
Sources  basis of record: S.D. Cairns & J. van der Land, 2000-2007, as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema, and J.Van Der Land, 1999. Appendix: List of extant stony corals. Atoll Research Bulletin 459: 13-46. [details]

Environment marine, terrestrial
Distribution West Pacific [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To ITIS
Notes  Biology: calcareous colonies, no free medusae [details]

Depth zone: reef [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:288326
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2008-01-16 10:35:54Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2010-09-24 14:30:52Z  checked  Cairns, Stephen
  
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  Citation: Cairns, S. (2013). Distichopora gracilis Dana, 1848. In: Schuchert, P. (2013) World Hydrozoa database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=288326 on 2013-05-25
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