Deep-Sea taxon details
Calyptrophora gerdae Bayer, 2001
177834 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:177834)
accepted
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Bayer, F. M. (2001). New species of Calyptrophora (Coelenterata: Octocorallia: Primnoidae) from the western part of the Atlantic Ocean. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 114(2), 367-380. [details] Available for editors 
Holotype USNM 52742, geounit Bahamas Exclusive...
Holotype USNM 52742, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Taxonomy This species belongs to "Species group 1" (sensu Bayer, 2001) of the japonica complex of the genus Calyptrophora Gray, 1866.
Taxonomy This species belongs to "Species group 1" (sensu Bayer, 2001) of the japonica complex of the genus Calyptrophora Gray, 1866. [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Calyptrophora gerdae Bayer, 2001. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=177834 on 2026-04-26
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Calyptrophora gerdae Bayer, 2001. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=177834 on 2026-04-26
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Bayer, F. M. (2001). New species of Calyptrophora (Coelenterata: Octocorallia: Primnoidae) from the western part of the Atlantic Ocean. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 114(2), 367-380. [details] Available for editors
context source (Deepsea) Cairns, Stephen (look up in IMIS) [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Watling, L.; Auster, P. (2005). Distribution of deep-water Alcyonacea off the Northeast Coast of the United States. In: Freiwald, A., R.J. Murray, editors. Cold-Water Corals and Ecosystems. <em>Proceedings of the Second Deep-Sea Coral Symposium.</em> 279-296., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-27673-4_13 [details]
additional source 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]
additional source Cairns, S.D. & F.M. Bayer. (2009). A generic revision and phylogenetic analysis of the Primnoidae (Cnidaria:Octocorallia). <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, Smithsonian Institution Press: Washington DC (USA).</em> 629:1-79. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.629 [details] Available for editors
context source (Deepsea) Cairns, Stephen (look up in IMIS) [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Watling, L.; Auster, P. (2005). Distribution of deep-water Alcyonacea off the Northeast Coast of the United States. In: Freiwald, A., R.J. Murray, editors. Cold-Water Corals and Ecosystems. <em>Proceedings of the Second Deep-Sea Coral Symposium.</em> 279-296., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-27673-4_13 [details]
additional source 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]
additional source Cairns, S.D. & F.M. Bayer. (2009). A generic revision and phylogenetic analysis of the Primnoidae (Cnidaria:Octocorallia). <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, Smithsonian Institution Press: Washington DC (USA).</em> 629:1-79. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.629 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype USNM 52742, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paratype USNM 100744, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paratype USNM 52740, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paratype USNM 52741, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
