WoRMS taxon details
Anthomastus zealandicus Benham, 1928
286022 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:286022)
accepted
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Benham, W.B. (1928). On some alcyonarians from New Zealand waters. <em>Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand.</em> 59: 67-84., available online at http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_59/rsnz_59_01_000670.pdf
page(s): 75-79 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 75-79 [details] Available for editors
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McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Hoeksema, B.W., Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L.P. (2026). World List of Octocorallia. Anthomastus zealandicus Benham, 1928. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=286022 on 2026-08-15
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Benham, W.B. (1928). On some alcyonarians from New Zealand waters. <em>Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand.</em> 59: 67-84., available online at http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_59/rsnz_59_01_000670.pdf
page(s): 75-79 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record van Ofwegen, L.P., S.D. Cairns & J. van der Land (eds). (2000-2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 75-79 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record van Ofwegen, L.P., S.D. Cairns & J. van der Land (eds). (2000-2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V. Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> :59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source 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., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/17451000.2012.750427
page(s): 489 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source d'Hondt, M.J. (1992). Description d'Anthomastus globosus n. sp. (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea) de Nouvelle-Caledonie. Remarques sur quelques especes de genre. <em>Bulletin de la Museum Nationale d'Histoire naturelle Paris, Ser. 4.</em> 14, sect. A (3-4): 623-638., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/p.290064
page(s): 623, 631 [details]
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., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s003009900105
page(s): 453 [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V. Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> :59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source 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., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/17451000.2012.750427
page(s): 489 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source d'Hondt, M.J. (1992). Description d'Anthomastus globosus n. sp. (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea) de Nouvelle-Caledonie. Remarques sur quelques especes de genre. <em>Bulletin de la Museum Nationale d'Histoire naturelle Paris, Ser. 4.</em> 14, sect. A (3-4): 623-638., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/p.290064
page(s): 623, 631 [details]
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., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s003009900105
page(s): 453 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
