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Heliopathes americana Opresko, 2003 
AphiaID: 290080

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Antipatharia (Order) > Cladopathidae (Family) > Hexapathinae (Subfamily) > Heliopathes (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (new combination)
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Heteropathes americana (Opresko, 2003)
Rank Species
Typetaxon of  Heliopathes Opresko, 2003
 Heteropathes Opresko, 2011
Parent Heliopathes Opresko, 2003 accepted as Heteropathes Opresko, 2011
Sources  original description: Opresko. 2003. Revision of the Antipatharia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa). Part III. Cladopathidae. Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) Volume: 77 Issue: 31 Pages: 495-536 [details]

basis of record: D.M.Opresko and J. van der Land (eds), update 10-2007, as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source: Opresko, D. M. 2009. Antipatharia (Cnidaria) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 359–363 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]

context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

Environment marine, terrestrial
Distribution Gulf of Mexico [details]
West North Atlantic [details]
Links To Encyclopedia of Life
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:290080
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2008-01-16 10:35:54Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2013-03-19 12:23:49Z  changed  Molodtsova, Tina
  
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  Citation: Molodtsova, T. (2013). Heliopathes americana Opresko, 2003. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=290080 on 2013-05-20
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