Callozostron

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Calcaxonia
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Phylum: Cnidaria Classis: Anthozoa Subclassis: Octocorallia Ordo: Alcyonacea Subordo: Calcaxonia

Callozostron Wright, 1885

Type species: Callozostron mirabile Wright, 1885 (type by monotypy)

Antarctic, Subantarctic, Antipodes, New Zealand, Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone, Galápagos, 744–4235 m deep. [Cairns, 2018]

Wright, E.P. 1885. The Alcyonaria. Report of the Scientific Results of the Challenger. Narrative 1(2): 689–693. BHL Reference page. [original description: p. 690-691]

Bayer, F.M. 1996. The Antarctic genus Callozostron and its relationship to Primnoella (Octocorallia: Gorgonacea: Primnoidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 109(1): 150–203. BHL Reference page. [diagnosis, key to species: p. 151-152]
Cairns, S.D. 2016. The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Primnoid octocorals (Anthozoa: Alcyonacea) – Part 2. Primnoella, Callozostron, Metafannyella, Fanellia and other genera. NIWA biodiversity memoir (129). 132 pp. PDF. Reference page. [key to species: p. 26-27]
Cairns, S.D. 2018. Deep-Water Octocorals (Cnidaria, Anthozoa) from the Galápagos and Cocos Islands. Part 1: Suborder Calcaxonia. Zookeys, 729: 1–46. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.729.21779. Reference page. [diagnosis, distribution: p. 4]
Cairns, S.D., Bayer, F.M. 2009. A generic revision and phylogenetic analysis of the Primnoidae (Cnidaria: Octocorallia). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 629: 1–79. DOI: 10.5479/si.00810282.629 Reference page. [diagnosis: p. 32-33]
Wright, E.P., Studer, T.R. 1889. Report on the Alcyonaria collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76, Zoology. 31(64): 1–314. BHL Reference page. [see p. 42]

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