Calyptrophora agassizii

Calyptrophora agassizii

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

Familia: Primnoidae
Genus: Calyptrophora
Species: Calyptrophora agassizii

Name

Calyptrophora agassizii Studer, T.R., 1894

Type locality: Albatross station 3404, 1°03'S, 89°28'W (south of San Cristóbal, Galápagos), 704 m depth.

Syntypes: MCZ 4815; NMNH SEM 1357–1358.

Distribution

Galápagos: west of Isabela, off Marchena and San Cristóbal, 509–1545 m deep. (Cairns, 2018)

References

Primary references

• Studer, T.R. 1894. Note préliminaire sur les Alcyonaires. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 25(5): 53–69. BHL Reference page.  [original description: p. 63]

Additional references

• 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.  [see p. 16-18, figs. 2C, 7]

Links

• Calyptrophora agassizii in the World Register of Marine Species

• BHL bibliography
• Calyptrophora agassizii – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Calyptrophora agassizii.
• ION

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