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Deep-Sea taxon details

Distichopathes filix (Pourtalès, 1867)

289840  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:289840)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Anthozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Hexacorallia (Class)
  6. Antipatharia (Order)
  7. Aphanipathidae (Family)
  8. Acanthopathinae (Subfamily)
  9. Distichopathes (Genus)
  10. Distichopathes filix (Species)
accepted
Species
Aphanipathes filix (Pourtalès, 1867) · unaccepted (new combination)
marine, terrestrial
(of ) Pourtalès, L.F. de. (1867). Contributions to the fauna of the Gulf Stream at great depths. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, in Cambridge.</em> 1(6): 103-120., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6587490
page(s): 112 [details] 
Molodtsova, T.; Opresko, D. (2025). World List of Antipatharia. Distichopathes filix (Pourtalès, 1867). 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=289840 on 2025-06-04
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Distichopathes filix (Pourtalès, 1867). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=289840 on 2025-06-04
Date
action
by
2008-01-16 10:35:54Z
created
van der Land, Jacob
2013-03-21 16:00:25Z
checked
Molodtsova, Tina

original description (of ) Pourtalès, L.F. de. (1867). Contributions to the fauna of the Gulf Stream at great depths. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, in Cambridge.</em> 1(6): 103-120., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6587490
page(s): 112 [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 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 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): 149 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Opresko, D. M.; Goldman, S. L.; Johnson, R.; Parra, K.; Nuttall, M.; Schmahl, G.; Brugler, M. R. (2020). Morphological and molecular characterization of a new species of black coral from Elvers Bank, north-western Gulf of Mexico (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Hexacorallia: Antipatharia: Aphanipathidae: Distichopathes). <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 1-8., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s002531542000051x [details] 

new combination reference Opresko D.M. 2004.Revision of the Antipatharia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa). Part IV. Establishment of a new family, Aphanipathidae.Zool. Med. Leiden 78 (11): 209-240, available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/51441 [details] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Nontype (of Aphanipathes filix (Pourtalès, 1867)) MCZ, geounit Barbados Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Aphanipathes filix (Pourtalès, 1867)) MCZ, geounit Barbados Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Aphanipathes filix (Pourtalès, 1867)) MCZ, geounit Cuban Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Aphanipathes filix (Pourtalès, 1867)) MCZ, geounit Grenadian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Aphanipathes filix (Pourtalès, 1867)) MCZ, geounit Martinican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Aphanipathes filix (Pourtalès, 1867)) MCZ, geounit Martinican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Aphanipathes filix (Pourtalès, 1867)) MCZ, geounit Martinican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Aphanipathes filix (Pourtalès, 1867)) MCZ, geounit Martinican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Aphanipathes filix (Pourtalès, 1867)) MCZ, geounit Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Aphanipathes filix (Pourtalès, 1867)) MCZ, geounit Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Aphanipathes filix (Pourtalès, 1867)) RSMAS, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Aphanipathes filix (Pourtalès, 1867)) RSMAS, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Aphanipathes filix (Pourtalès, 1867)) RSMAS, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Aphanipathes filix (Pourtalès, 1867)) RSMAS, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Aphanipathes filix (Pourtalès, 1867)) USNM 51590, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type (of Aphanipathes filix (Pourtalès, 1867)) MCZ, geounit Barbados Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type (of Aphanipathes filix (Pourtalès, 1867)) MCZ, geounit Guadeloupean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
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