UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO)

URMO taxon details

Acanthopathes Opresko, 2004

AphiaID

267186 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:267186)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Antipathes humilis Pourtal�s, 1867 accepted as Acanthopathes humilis (Pourtal�s, 1867) (type by original designation)

Type taxon of

Acanthopathinae Opresko, 2004

Parent

Acanthopathinae Opresko, 2004

Original name

Acanthopathes Opresko, 2004

Direct children (5)

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Species Acanthopathes hancocki (Cooper, 1909)
Species Acanthopathes humilis (Pourtal�s, 1867)
Species Acanthopathes somervillei (Cooper, 1909)
Species Acanthopathes thyoides (Pourtal�s, 1880)
Species Acanthopathes undulata (van Pesch, 1914)

Environment

marine, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

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]

Taxonomic citation

Molodtsova, T.; Opresko, D. (2025). World List of Antipatharia. Acanthopathes Opresko, 2004. Accessed through: Land J. van der (ed). (2008) UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/urmo//aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267186 on 2025-09-11

Thematic species database citation

Land J. van der (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). Acanthopathes Opresko, 2004. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267186 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-01-14 11:18:07Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2013-03-21 16:00:25Z

changed

Molodtsova, Tina

2024-10-09 08:54:45Z

changed

Hoeksema, Bert

[taxonomic tree]

original description 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]

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

basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

To ITIS