Deep-Sea taxon details
Parantipathes helicosticha Opresko, 1999
283952 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:283952)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Opresko, D.M., 1999. New species of Antipathes and Parantipathes (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Antipatharia)from coastal waters of South Australia and Tasmania. Records S. Austral. Mus. 32(2): 143-154. [details]
Holotype SAMA H-903, geounit Australian Exclusive...
Holotype SAMA H-903, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Holotype USNM 99400, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Holotype USNM 99401, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Holotype USNM 99412, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Holotype USNM 99414, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Molodtsova, T.; Opresko, D. (2025). World List of Antipatharia. Parantipathes helicosticha Opresko, 1999. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=283952 on 2026-08-15
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Parantipathes helicosticha Opresko, 1999. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=283952 on 2026-08-15
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original description
Opresko, D.M., 1999. New species of Antipathes and Parantipathes (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Antipatharia)from coastal waters of South Australia and Tasmania. Records S. Austral. Mus. 32(2): 143-154. [details]
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]
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]
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): 146, 147, 149 [details] Available for editors
additional source Molodtsova T.N. 2005. A new species of Saropathes (Antipatharia: Anthozoa: Cnidaria) from the Norfolk Ridge (South-West Pacific, New Caledonia) - Zoosystema, 27 (4): 699-707.
page(s): 705 [details]
additional source Opresko, D.M. 2002. Revision of the Antipatharia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa). Part 2. Schizopathidae. Zool. Med. Leiden, 76 (22): 411-442.
page(s): 437 [details]
additional source Molodtsova T.N., Pasternak, F.A. 2005. Redescription of Parantipathes euantha (Pasternak, 1958) from Kurile-Kamchatka Trench. Invertebrate Zoology, 1(2): 169-179., available online at http://www.nature.air.ru/invertebrates/pdf_files/Invert2_2_169_Mol_Past.pdf
page(s): 169, 173, 174, 175, 177, 178 [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
additional source Opresko, D. M.; Baron-Szabo, C. B.-S. (2001). Re-descriptions of the antipatharian coral described by EJC Esper with select English translations of the original German text. <em>Senckenbergiana biologica.</em> 81: 1-21.
page(s): 15 [details]
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]
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]
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): 146, 147, 149 [details] Available for editors
additional source Molodtsova T.N. 2005. A new species of Saropathes (Antipatharia: Anthozoa: Cnidaria) from the Norfolk Ridge (South-West Pacific, New Caledonia) - Zoosystema, 27 (4): 699-707.
page(s): 705 [details]
additional source Opresko, D.M. 2002. Revision of the Antipatharia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa). Part 2. Schizopathidae. Zool. Med. Leiden, 76 (22): 411-442.
page(s): 437 [details]
additional source Molodtsova T.N., Pasternak, F.A. 2005. Redescription of Parantipathes euantha (Pasternak, 1958) from Kurile-Kamchatka Trench. Invertebrate Zoology, 1(2): 169-179., available online at http://www.nature.air.ru/invertebrates/pdf_files/Invert2_2_169_Mol_Past.pdf
page(s): 169, 173, 174, 175, 177, 178 [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
additional source Opresko, D. M.; Baron-Szabo, C. B.-S. (2001). Re-descriptions of the antipatharian coral described by EJC Esper with select English translations of the original German text. <em>Senckenbergiana biologica.</em> 81: 1-21.
page(s): 15 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype SAMA H-903, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Holotype USNM 99400, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Holotype USNM 99401, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Holotype USNM 99412, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Holotype USNM 99414, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paratype SAMA H-752, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paratype SAMA H-901, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paratype SAMA H-904, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
