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Paraconotrochus antarcticus (Gardiner, 1929) 
AphiaID: 290632

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Caryophylliidae (Family) > Paraconotrochus (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Paraconotrochus Cairns & Parker, 1992
Synonymised
taxa		  Gardineria antarctica Gardiner, 1929
 Gardineria lilliei Gardiner, 1929
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]

redescription: Cairns, S.D., 1982. Antarctic and Subantarctic Scleractinia. Antarctic Research Series 34: 1-74. [details]

from synonym: Clarke, A.; Johnston, N.M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Ann. Rev. 41: 47-114 (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon]

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

Environment marine, terrestrial
Distribution Southern Ocean [details]
Links To Antarctic Invertebrates
To Encyclopedia of Life
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection
To ITIS
Notes  Biology: azooxanthellate [details]

Depth range: 87-728 m [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:290632
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2008-01-16 10:35:54Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2010-08-20 16:08:38Z  checked  Cairns, Stephen
2010-09-25 12:49:11Z  changed  Cairns, Stephen
  
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  Citation: Cairns, S. (2013). Paraconotrochus antarcticus (Gardiner, 1929). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=290632 on 2013-05-19
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