Marine Species Traits - Distichopathes filix (Pourtalès, 1867)

Traits taxon details

Distichopathes filix (Pourtalès, 1867)

AphiaID

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

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Distichopathes Opresko, 2004

Original name

Antipathes filix Pourtalès, 1867

Environment

marine, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

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

Taxonomic citation

Molodtsova, T.; Opresko, D. (2025). World List of Antipatharia. Distichopathes filix (Pourtalès, 1867). Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=289840 on 2026-09-12

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2026). Marine Species Traits. Distichopathes filix (Pourtalès, 1867). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=289840 on 2026-09-12

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-01-16 10:35:54Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2013-03-21 16:00:25Z

checked

Molodtsova, Tina

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original description (of ) Pourtalès, L.F. de. (1867). Contributions to the fauna of the Gulf Stream at great depths. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, in Cambridge. 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 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

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.; 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). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 1-8., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s002531542000051x [details] Available for editors

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

Definitions

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (6 records)