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Stylopathes americana (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860) 
AphiaID: 291150

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Antipatharia (Order) > Stylopathidae (Family) > Stylopathes (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Added by Database Management Team
Rank Species
Parent Stylopathes Opresko, 2006
Synonymised
taxa
  Antipathes americana Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 (new combination)
Sources  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 (from synonym): 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] [view taxon]

new combination reference (from synonym): Opresko, D.M., 2006. Revision of the Antipatharia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa). Part V, Establishment of a new family, Stylopathidae.— Zool. Med. 80-4: 109-138. [details] [view taxon]

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 Central Atlantic (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Links To Encyclopedia of Life
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:291150
Taxonomic
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2008-01-16 10:35:54Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
  
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  Citation: WoRMS (2013). Stylopathes americana (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=291150 on 2013-06-20
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