UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO) - Distichopathes Opresko, 2004

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Distichopathes Opresko, 2004

AphiaID

267396 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:267396)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Distichopathes disticha Opresko, 2004 (type by original designation)

Parent

Acanthopathinae Opresko, 2004

Original name

Distichopathes Opresko, 2004

Direct children (3)

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Species Distichopathes disticha Opresko, 2004
Species Distichopathes filix (Pourtalès, 1867)
Species Distichopathes hickersonae Opresko & Brugler, 2020

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Opresko D.M. 2004.Revision of the Antipatharia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa). Part IV. Establishment of a new family, Aphanipathidae.Zool. Med. Leiden 78 (11): 209-240, available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/51441 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Molodtsova, T.; Opresko, D. (2025). World List of Antipatharia. Distichopathes Opresko, 2004. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267396 on 2025-05-12

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-01-14 11:18:07Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2013-03-21 16:00:25Z

changed

Molodtsova, Tina

2020-07-14 20:53:54Z

changed

Hoeksema, Bert

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Opresko D.M. 2004.Revision of the Antipatharia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa). Part IV. Establishment of a new family, Aphanipathidae.Zool. Med. Leiden 78 (11): 209-240, available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/51441 [details]

basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Opresko, D. M.; Goldman, S. L.; Johnson, R.; Parra, K.; Nuttall, M.; Schmahl, G.; Brugler, M. R. (2020). Morphological and molecular characterization of a new species of black coral from Elvers Bank, north-western Gulf of Mexico (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Hexacorallia: Antipatharia: Aphanipathidae: Distichopathes). <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 1-8., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s002531542000051x [details]

Other

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Molodtsova T.N. 2006. Black corals (Antipatharia: Anthozoa: Cnidaria) of North-East Atlantic. pp. 141-151 In: Mironov A.N., A.V. Gebruk and A.J. Southward (eds.) Biogeography of the North Atlantic seamounts. Moscow. KMK Press 201 p.
page(s): 148, 149, 150 [details] Available for editors

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