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Foveolocyathus alternans (Cairns & Parker, 1992) 
AphiaID: 289972

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Turbinoliidae (Family) > Foveolocyathus (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Foveolocyathus Cairns, 1997
Synonymised
taxa		  Trematotrochus alternans Cairns & Parker, 1992
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]

from synonym: Fautin, Daphne G. (2011). Hexacorallians of the World., available online at http://hercules.kgs.ku.edu/Hexacoral/Anemone2/ [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Cairns, S.D., and S. A. Parker, 1992. Review of the Recent Scleractinia (Stony Corals) of South Australia, Victoria and Tasmania. Rec. S. Australian Mus., Mono. Ser. 3: 82 pp., 18 pls.  [details] [view taxon]

Environment marine, terrestrial
Distribution Indo-West Pacific [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To ITIS
Notes  Biology: azooxanthellate [details]

Depth range: 27-238 m [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:289972
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2008-01-16 10:35:54Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2010-08-24 13:28:50Z  checked  Cairns, Stephen
  
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  Citation: Cairns, S. (2013). Foveolocyathus alternans (Cairns & Parker, 1992). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=289972 on 2013-05-25
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