Dennis M. Opresko

Dennis M. Opresko, U.S. cnidariologist.

• National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 4 taxon names authored by Dennis M. Opresko

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

2005

• Opresko, D.M. 2005. A new species of antipatharian coral (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Antipatharia) from the southern California Bight. Zootaxa 852: 1–10. Abstract & excerpt Reference page. 

2007

• Daly, M., Brugler, M.R., Cartwright, P., Collins, A.G., Dawson, M.N., Fautin, D.G., France, S.C., McFadden, C.S., Opresko, D.M., Rodriguez, E., Romano, S.L. & Stake, J.L. 2007. The phylum Cnidaria: A review of phylogenetic patterns and diversity 300 years after Linnaeus. Pp. 127–182. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. & Shear, W. A. (eds.) Linnaeus Tercentenary: Progress in Invertebrate Taxonomy. Zootaxa 1668: 1–766. PDF Full text. Reference page. 

2015

• Wagner, D. & Opresko, D.M. 2015: Description of a new species of Leiopathes (Antipatharia: Leiopathidae) from the Hawaiian Islands. Zootaxa 3974(2): 277–289. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3974.2.11. Preview (PDF) Reference page. 

2017

• Araya, J.F., Aliaga, J.A. & Opresko, D.M. 2017. First record of Alternatipathes bipinnata (Cnidaria: Antipatharia) in the Southern Hemisphere. Zootaxa 4312(1): 189–193. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4312.1.11. Reference page. 

2018

• Horowitz, J., Opresko, D.M. & Bridge, T.C.L. 2018. Black corals (Anthozoa: Antipatharia) from the deep (916 m–2542 m) Coral Sea, north-eastern Australia. Zootaxa 4472(2): 307–326. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4472.2.5 Reference page. 

2020

• Opresko, D.M. & Wagner, D. New species of black corals (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Antipatharia) from deep-sea seamounts and ridges in the North Pacific. Zootaxa 4868(4): 543–559. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4868.4.5 Reference page. 
• Terrana, L., Bo, M., Opresko, D.M., Eeckhaut, I. 2020. Shallow-water black corals (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Hexacorallia: Antipatharia) from SW Madagascar. Zootaxa. 4826(1): 1–62. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4826.1.1 Reference page. 

2023

• Horowitz, J., Opresko, D.M., González-García, M. del P. & Quattrini, A.M. 2023. Description of a new species of black coral in the family Aphanipathidae (Anthozoa, Antipatharia) from Puerto Rico. Zookeys 1173ː 97–110. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1173.104141 Reference page. 

2024

• Horowitz, J., Opresko, D.M., Herrera, S., Hansel, C.M. & Quattrini, A.M. 2024. Ameripathidae, a new family of antipatharian corals (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Hexacorallia, Antipatharia). ZooKeys 1203: 355–375. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1203.121411 Reference page.