WoRMS taxon details
Anthomastus giganteus Tixier-Durivault, 1954
517629 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:517629)
accepted
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Tixier-Durivault, A. (1954). Les octocoralliaires d'Afrique du Sud. (I. Alcyonacea). <em>Bulletin de la Museum Nationale d'Histoire naturelle Paris, Ser. 2.</em> 26(4): 526-533., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54823323
page(s): 526-529 [details]
page(s): 526-529 [details]
Holotype MNHN, geounit South African Exclusive...
Holotype MNHN, geounit South African Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Anthomastus giganteus Tixier-Durivault, 1954. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=517629 on 2025-05-05
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Tixier-Durivault, A. (1954). Les octocoralliaires d'Afrique du Sud. (I. Alcyonacea). <em>Bulletin de la Museum Nationale d'Histoire naturelle Paris, Ser. 2.</em> 26(4): 526-533., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54823323
page(s): 526-529 [details]
basis of record Molodtsova, T.N., 2013. Deep-sea mushroom soft corals (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea: Alcyoniidae) of the Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Marine Biology Research 9 (5-6): 488-515.
page(s): 489 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 526-529 [details]
basis of record Molodtsova, T.N., 2013. Deep-sea mushroom soft corals (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea: Alcyoniidae) of the Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Marine Biology Research 9 (5-6): 488-515.
page(s): 489 [details] Available for editors
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context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Williams, G.C. (1992). The Alcyonacea of southern Africa. Stoloniferous octocorals and soft corals (Coelenterata, Anthozoa). <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 100: 249-358., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41110040
page(s): 302-305 [details]
additional source Williams, G.C. (1992). Biogeography of the octocorallian coelenterate fauna of southern Africa. <em>Biol. J. Linn. Soc.</em> 46: 351-401.
page(s): 378, 385, 392, 396 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source López-González, P. J.; Gili, J. M. (2000). A new octocoral genus (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) from Antarctic waters. <em>Polar Biology.</em> 23: 452-458.
page(s): 453 [details]
additional source Williams, G.C. (1992). The Alcyonacea of southern Africa. Stoloniferous octocorals and soft corals (Coelenterata, Anthozoa). <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 100: 249-358., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41110040
page(s): 302-305 [details]
additional source Williams, G.C. (1992). Biogeography of the octocorallian coelenterate fauna of southern Africa. <em>Biol. J. Linn. Soc.</em> 46: 351-401.
page(s): 378, 385, 392, 396 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source López-González, P. J.; Gili, J. M. (2000). A new octocoral genus (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) from Antarctic waters. <em>Polar Biology.</em> 23: 452-458.
page(s): 453 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
