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Aphanipathes Brook, 1889

103303  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:103303)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Anthozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Hexacorallia (Class)
  6. Antipatharia (Order)
  7. Aphanipathidae (Family)
  8. Aphanipathinae (Subfamily)
  9. Aphanipathes (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Aphanipathes sarothamnoides Brook, 1889 (type by subsequent designation)
Antipathes (Aphanipathes) Brook, 1889 · unaccepted > superseded combination

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  1. Species Aphanipathes flailum Horowitz, 2022
  2. Species Aphanipathes pedata (Gray, 1857)
  3. Species Aphanipathes puertoricoensis Horowitz & Quattrini, 2023
  4. Species Aphanipathes reticulata van Pesch, 1914 (accepted > unreplaced junior homonym)
  5. Species Aphanipathes rosemariae Opresko, 2023
  6. Species Aphanipathes salix (Pourtalès, 1880)
  7. Species Aphanipathes sarothamnoides Brook, 1889
  8. Species Aphanipathes verticillata Brook, 1889
  9. Species Aphanipathes abietina (Pourtalès, 1874) accepted as Elatopathes abietina (Pourtalès, 1874) (new combination)
  10. Species Aphanipathes alata Brook, 1889 accepted as Tetrapathes alata (Brook, 1889) (new combination)
  11. Species Aphanipathes barbadensis Brook, 1889 accepted as Tanacetipathes barbadensis (Brook, 1889) (new combination)
  12. Species Aphanipathes cancellata Brook, 1889 accepted as Phanopathes cancellata (Brook, 1889) (unaccepted > superseded combination, new combination)
  13. Species Aphanipathes catharinae Pax, 1932 accepted as Myriopathes catharinae (Pax, 1932) (new combination)
  14. Species Aphanipathes colombiana Opresko & Sanchez, 1997 accepted as Rhipidipathes colombiana (Opresko & Sánchez, 1997) (new combination)
  15. Species Aphanipathes erinaceus Roule, 1905 accepted as Antipathes erinaceus (Roule, 1905) accepted as Phanopathes erinaceus (Roule, 1905) (new combination)
  16. Species Aphanipathes eupteridea (Lamouroux, 1824) accepted as Distichopathes filix (Pourtalès, 1867) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  17. Species Aphanipathes filix (Pourtalès, 1867) accepted as Distichopathes filix (Pourtalès, 1867) (new combination)
  18. Species Aphanipathes fruticosa (Gray, 1857) accepted as Antipathes fruticosa Gray, 1857
  19. Species Aphanipathes hancocki Cooper, 1909 accepted as Acanthopathes hancocki (Cooper, 1909) (New combination)
  20. Species Aphanipathes humilis (Pourtalès, 1867) accepted as Acanthopathes humilis (Pourtalès, 1867) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  21. Species Aphanipathes indistincta (van Pesch, 1914) accepted as Antipathes indistincta van Pesch, 1914 (unaccepted > superseded combination, new combination)
  22. Species Aphanipathes patula (Brook, 1889) accepted as Bathypathes patula Brook, 1889 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  23. Species Aphanipathes pennacea (Pallas, 1766) accepted as Plumapathes pennacea (Pallas, 1766) (new combination)
  24. Species Aphanipathes plantagenista Cooper, 1903 accepted as Antipathes plantagenista (Cooper, 1903) (new combination)
  25. Species Aphanipathes rugosa Thomson & Simpson, 1905 accepted as Myriopathes rugosa (Thomson & Simpson, 1905) (synonym)
  26. Species Aphanipathes sibogae (van Pesch, 1914) accepted as Antipathes sibogae van Pesch, 1914 (unaccepted > superseded combination, New combination)
  27. Species Aphanipathes somervillei Cooper, 1909 accepted as Acanthopathes somervillei (Cooper, 1909) (New combination)
  28. Species Aphanipathes spinescens (Gray, 1857) accepted as Tanacetipathes spinescens (Gray, 1857)
  29. Species Aphanipathes spinulosa Schultze, 1896 accepted as Antipathes spinulosa (Schultze, 1896) (new combination)
  30. Species Aphanipathes squamosa (Koch, 1886) accepted as Tanacetipathes squamosa (Koch, 1886) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  31. Species Aphanipathes stechowi Pax, 1932 accepted as Myriopathes stechowi (Pax, 1932) (new combination)
  32. Species Aphanipathes thamnoides Schultze, 1896 accepted as Antipathes thamnoides (Schultze, 1896) (new combination)
  33. Species Aphanipathes thyoides (Pourtalès, 1880) accepted as Acanthopathes thyoides (Pourtalès, 1880) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  34. Species Aphanipathes undulata van Pesch, 1914 accepted as Acanthopathes undulata (van Pesch, 1914) (new combination)
  35. Species Aphanipathes verticellata Brook, 1889 accepted as Aphanipathes verticillata Brook, 1889 (misspelled)
  36. Species Aphanipathes wollastoni (Gray, 1857) accepted as Antipathella wollastoni (Gray, 1857) (new combination)
  37. Subgenus Aphanipathes (Antipathes) (uncertain > unassessed)
    1. Species Aphanipathes (Antipathes) squamosa (Koch, 1886) accepted as Tanacetipathes squamosa (Koch, 1886) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
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): 121-122 [details] 
Molodtsova, T.; Opresko, D. (2025). World List of Antipatharia. Aphanipathes Brook, 1889. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=103303 on 2025-06-01
Date
action
by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
van der Land, Jacob
2006-09-05 12:04:33Z
changed
Martinez, Olga
2011-11-30 15:34:19Z
changed
Molodtsova, Tina
2013-03-21 16:00:25Z
changed
Molodtsova, Tina
2024-10-09 08:54:45Z
changed
Hoeksema, Bert

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Nomenclature

original description 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): 121-122 [details] 

Other

context source (Deepsea) Roule, L. (1905). Description des antipathaires et cérianthaires recueillis par S.A.S. le Prince de Monaco dans l'Atlantique nord (1886-1902). <em>Résultats des Campagnes Scientifiques Accomplies sur son Yacht par Albert I Prince Souverain de Monaco.</em> XXX: 1-96. [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  PDF available [request]

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): 993-994 [details] 

additional source van der Land, J.; Opresko, D.M. (2001). Antipatharia, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 109 (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details] 

additional source Dawson EW. (1992). The Coelenterata of the New Zealand region: a handlist for curators, students and ecologists. <em>Occasional papers of the Hutton Foundation, New Zealand.</em> 1: 1-68.
page(s): 50 [details] 

 
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