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Stichopathes lütkeni Brook, 1889

Stichopathes lutkeni, 50-75 m Flower Garden Banks, Gulf of Mexico. Photograph courtesy of NOAA-FGBNMS/UNCW-UVP. Identifications by D. Opresko. Note that colonies in the Caribbean often have a reddish coloration, whereas those from the Flower Garden Banks are more often orange to cream-colored. For more information see: Opresko DM, Nuttall MF, Hickerson EL (2016). Black corals of the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary. Gulf of Mexico Science 2016(1): 47-67.

283970 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:283970)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Anthozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Hexacorallia (Class)
  6. Antipatharia (Order)
  7. Stichopathidae (Family)
  8. Stichopathes (Genus)
  9. Stichopathes lütkeni (Species)
 unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect original spelling (name published with a diacritic or other mark)
Species
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): 94; Pl. XII (28, 28a) [details] 
Molodtsova, T.; Opresko, D. (2025). World List of Antipatharia. Stichopathes lütkeni Brook, 1889. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=283970 on 2026-09-11
Marine Species Traits editorial board (2026). Marine Species Traits. Stichopathes lütkeni Brook, 1889. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=283970 on 2026-09-11
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2008-01-16 10:35:54Z
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van der Land, Jacob
2018-07-23 12:20:59Z
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Molodtsova, Tina
2022-07-08 10:42:58Z
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Molodtsova, Tina

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): 94; Pl. XII (28, 28a) [details] 

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

context source (Bermuda) Sterrer, W. (1986). Marine fauna and flora of Bermuda: a systematic guide to the identification of marine organisms. <em>Wiley-Interscience Publication. Wiley.</em> 742 pp (Nemertini part). [details] Available for editors  PDF available

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 Britton, J.C. & B. Morton, 1989. Shore ecology of the Gulf of Mexico : i-viii, 1-387.
page(s): 302, 345 [details] 

additional source Cairns, S.D., D.M. Opresko, T.S. Hopkins & W.W. Schroeder. (1993). New records of deep-water Cnidaria (Scleractinia & Antipatharia) from the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Northeast Gulf Science.</em> 13(1): 1-11., available online at https://doi.org/10.18785/negs.1301.01
page(s): 5-7 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Cairns, S.D., J.C. den Hartog & C. Arneson. (1986). Class Anthozoa (Corals, Anemones). <em>In: Sterrer, W. (ed.). Marine fauna and flora of Bermuda, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, USA.</em> pp. 159-194.
page(s): 194 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Cooper, F.C. (1909). Antipatharia. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society (London). Ser.2.</em> 12: 301-321.
page(s): 307, 320 [details] 

additional source Hickson, S. J. (1889). Coelenterata. Zoological Record, 26, 1-24
page(s): 16 [details] 

additional source 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
page(s): 211 [details] 

additional source Opresko, D. 1996. New species of black coral (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Antipatharia) from the Caribbean. Bulletin of Marine Science 58 (1):289-300
page(s): 295 [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): 19, 24 [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 Opresko, D.M., and J. A. Sánchez. 1997. A new species of antipatharian coral (Cnidaria : Anthozoa) from the Caribbean coast of Colombia. Caribbean Journal of Science 33: 75-81
page(s): 80 [details] 

additional source Padilla, C.; Lara, M. (2003). Banco Chinchorro: the last shelter for black coral in the Mexican Caribbean. Bulletin of Marine Science, 73(1): 197-202
page(s): 198 [details] 

additional source Schultze, L. S. (1902). Die Antipatharien der deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition 1898-1899. <em>Chun, K. (1907). Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer" Valdivia" 1898-1899.</em> 3:87-100.
page(s): 97 [details] 

additional source Thomson, J. A.; Simpson, J. J. (1905). Report on the Antipatharia collected by Prof. Herdman at Ceylon. <em>Report to the government of Ceylon on the pearl oyster fisheries of the gulf of Manaar.</em> Part 4, Supplementary reports N25: 93-106., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1935940
page(s): 100 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source van Pesch, A. J. 1914. The Antipatharia of the Siboga Expedition.Siboga-Expeditie Monographes. 17: 1-258, available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/t.173163
page(s): 6, 147, 158, 165, 167, 168 [details] 

additional source Wirtz, P. (2008). Crustaceans associated with Cnidaria, Bivalvia, Echinoidea and Pisces at São Tomé and Príncipe islands. Arquipélago. Boletim da Universidade dos Açores. Ciências Biológicas e Marinhas [Life and Marine Sciences], 25, 63-69
page(s): 65 [details] 

additional source Wirtz, P.; d'Udekem-d'Acoz, C. (2001). Decapoda from Antipatharia, Gorgonaria and Bivalvia at the Cape Verde Islands. Helgoländer Marine Research, 55, 112-115, available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s101520100073
page(s): 112 [details] 
 
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