WoRMS name details
Antipathes americana Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860
283879 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:283879)
unaccepted > superseded combination (new combination)
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Duchassaing P, Michelotti J. (1860). Mémoire sur les coralliaires des Antilles. <em>Mémoires de l'Academie des Sciences de Turin, séries 2.</em> 19: 279-365, pls 1-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12140332
page(s): 56 [details]
page(s): 56 [details]
Type locality contained in Saint Thomas
type locality contained in Saint Thomas [details]
Molodtsova, T.; Opresko, D. (2025). World List of Antipatharia. Antipathes americana Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=283879 on 2025-05-03
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Nomenclature
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Duchassaing P, Michelotti J. (1860). Mémoire sur les coralliaires des Antilles. <em>Mémoires de l'Academie des Sciences de Turin, séries 2.</em> 19: 279-365, pls 1-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12140332
page(s): 56 [details]
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]
new combination reference Opresko, D.M. (2006). Revision of the Antipatharia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa). Part V. Establishment of a new family, Stylopathidae. <em>Zoologische mededeelingen, Leiden.</em> 80-4 (11), 10.xi.2006: 109-138, figs 1-14., available online at https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/6225/Opresko_2006_Part_5_Stylopathidae.pdf [details]
page(s): 56 [details]
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]
new combination reference Opresko, D.M. (2006). Revision of the Antipatharia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa). Part V. Establishment of a new family, Stylopathidae. <em>Zoologische mededeelingen, Leiden.</em> 80-4 (11), 10.xi.2006: 109-138, figs 1-14., available online at https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/6225/Opresko_2006_Part_5_Stylopathidae.pdf [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source 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]
additional source Brook, G. (1889). Report on the Antipatharia collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 32 (part 80): i-iii,1-222, pl. 1-15., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-80/README.htm
page(s): 176, 24, 78, 144, 183, 189 [details]
additional source Duchassaing P, Michelotti J. (1860). Mémoire sur les coralliaires des Antilles. <em>Mémoires de l'Academie des Sciences de Turin, séries 2.</em> 19: 279-365, pls 1-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12140332
page(s): 332 [details]
additional source Opresko, D.M. (1972). Redescriptions and reevaluations of the antipatharians described by L.D. de Pourtalès. <i>Bull. Mar. Sci.</i>. 22(4):950-1017.
page(s): 975-979, 950, 984, 1015 [details]
additional source Opresko, D. M. (1974). A study of the classification of the Antipatharia (Coelenterata:Anthozoa) with re-descriptions of eleven species. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Miami, 193 pp.• Miami, FL.
page(s): 15, 50 [details]
additional source Duchassaing P, Michelotti J. (1864). Supplément au mémoire sur les coralliaires des Antilles. <em>Memorie della Reale Accademia della Scienze di Torino, Serie 2.</em> 23: 97-206, plates 1-11., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31197612
page(s): 48 [details]
additional source Lütken, C. (1871). Antipathes antarctica, en ny Sortkoral fra Polarhavet. <em>Oversigt over det Kongelige Danske videnskabernes selskabs forhandlinger.</em> 2: 18-26., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29561248
page(s): 19 [details]
additional source Lütken, C. (1872). Antipathes arctica, a new species of black coral (Antipathidæ) from the polar seas. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, X, 4, XI, (56): 77-83
page(s): 78 [details]
additional source Pourtalès L.F. de. (1871). Deep-sea corals. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College.</em> 2 (4): 1-93, pls. 1-8., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.13636
page(s): 53 [details]
additional source Duchassaing de Fonbressin, P. (1870). Revue des Zoophytes et des Spongiaires des Antilles. <em>Masson, Paris.</em> 1-52., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.69814
page(s): 22 [details]
additional source Volpi, C., Benvenuti D., 2003. The Duchassaing & Michelotti collection of Caribbean corals: status of the types and location of the specimens. Atti della Societa Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale in Milano 144 1: 51-74.
page(s): 56 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source 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]
additional source Brook, G. (1889). Report on the Antipatharia collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 32 (part 80): i-iii,1-222, pl. 1-15., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-80/README.htm
page(s): 176, 24, 78, 144, 183, 189 [details]
additional source Duchassaing P, Michelotti J. (1860). Mémoire sur les coralliaires des Antilles. <em>Mémoires de l'Academie des Sciences de Turin, séries 2.</em> 19: 279-365, pls 1-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12140332
page(s): 332 [details]
additional source Opresko, D.M. (1972). Redescriptions and reevaluations of the antipatharians described by L.D. de Pourtalès. <i>Bull. Mar. Sci.</i>. 22(4):950-1017.
page(s): 975-979, 950, 984, 1015 [details]
additional source Opresko, D. M. (1974). A study of the classification of the Antipatharia (Coelenterata:Anthozoa) with re-descriptions of eleven species. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Miami, 193 pp.• Miami, FL.
page(s): 15, 50 [details]
additional source Duchassaing P, Michelotti J. (1864). Supplément au mémoire sur les coralliaires des Antilles. <em>Memorie della Reale Accademia della Scienze di Torino, Serie 2.</em> 23: 97-206, plates 1-11., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31197612
page(s): 48 [details]
additional source Lütken, C. (1871). Antipathes antarctica, en ny Sortkoral fra Polarhavet. <em>Oversigt over det Kongelige Danske videnskabernes selskabs forhandlinger.</em> 2: 18-26., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29561248
page(s): 19 [details]
additional source Lütken, C. (1872). Antipathes arctica, a new species of black coral (Antipathidæ) from the polar seas. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, X, 4, XI, (56): 77-83
page(s): 78 [details]
additional source Pourtalès L.F. de. (1871). Deep-sea corals. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College.</em> 2 (4): 1-93, pls. 1-8., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.13636
page(s): 53 [details]
additional source Duchassaing de Fonbressin, P. (1870). Revue des Zoophytes et des Spongiaires des Antilles. <em>Masson, Paris.</em> 1-52., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.69814
page(s): 22 [details]
additional source Volpi, C., Benvenuti D., 2003. The Duchassaing & Michelotti collection of Caribbean corals: status of the types and location of the specimens. Atti della Societa Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale in Milano 144 1: 51-74.
page(s): 56 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
