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Ascolepis Thomson & Rennet, 1931 
AphiaID: 291493

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Octocorallia (Subclass) > Alcyonacea (Order) > Holaxonia (Suborder) > Acanthogorgiidae (Family)
Status unaccepted unaccepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Fannyella (Fannyella) Gray, 1872
Rank Genus
Parent Acanthogorgiidae Gray, 1859
Sources  basis of record: UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Cairns, S.D., and F.M.Bayer, 2009. A generic revision and phylogenetic analysis of the Primnoidae (Cnidaria:Octocorallia). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 629. Smithsonian Institution Press: Washington DC (USA). 79 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

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 Species Ascolepis spinosa Thomson & Rennet, 1931

Species Ascolepis splendens (Thomson & Rennet, 1931) accepted as Fannyella (Fannyella) rossii Gray, 1872
Environment marine
Link To GenBank
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:291493
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2008-01-18 06:52:52Z  created  Decock, Wim
2009-07-17 06:36:15Z  changed  db_admin
2010-09-17 06:17:46Z  checked  van Ofwegen, Leen
  
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  Citation: van Ofwegen, L. (2013). Ascolepis Thomson & Rennet, 1931. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=291493 on 2013-05-24
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