Marine Species Traits - Saropathes scoparia (Totton, 1923)

Traits taxon details

Saropathes scoparia (Totton, 1923)

AphiaID

291021 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:291021)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Saropathes Opresko, 2002

Original name

Bathypathes scoparia Totton, 1923

Environment

marine, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of ) Totton, A.K., 1923. Coelenterata. Part III. Antipatharia (and their Cirripede commensals). Nat. Hist. Rep. Br. Antarct. ("Terra Nova") Exped., 1910-1913, 5: 97-120
page(s): 98-100, 111 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Molodtsova, T.; Opresko, D. (2025). World List of Antipatharia. Saropathes scoparia (Totton, 1923). Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=291021 on 2026-07-21

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2026). Marine Species Traits. Saropathes scoparia (Totton, 1923). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=291021 on 2026-07-21

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-01-16 10:35:54Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2011-12-02 06:03:28Z

checked

Molodtsova, Tina

[taxonomic tree] [clear cache]

original description (of ) Totton, A.K., 1923. Coelenterata. Part III. Antipatharia (and their Cirripede commensals). Nat. Hist. Rep. Br. Antarct. ("Terra Nova") Exped., 1910-1913, 5: 97-120
page(s): 98-100, 111 [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. 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): 699, 703, 705, 706 [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): 411, 425 [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

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Introduced: alien

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