Paracalyptrophora

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: Paracalyptrophora
Species: P. carinata – P. duplex – P. echinata – P. enigma – P. hawaiiensis – P. josephinae – P. kerberti – P. mariae – P. simplex – P. spiralis

Name

Paracalyptrophora Kinoshita, 1908

Type species: Calyptrophora kerberti Versluys, 1906 (type by subsequent designation (Cairns & Bayer, 2004))

ZooBank: 092DB922-3B0B-4615-9759-363579E6FC68

Distribution

Southwestern Pacific Ocean, Galapagos, Japan, Hawaii, North Atlantic, 150–1480 m deep (Cairns, 2018).

References

Primary references

• Cairns, S.D. & Bayer, F.M. 2004. Studies on western Atlantic Octocorallia (Coelenterata: Anthozoa). Part 4: The genus Paracalyptrophora Kinoshita, 1908. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 117(1): 114-139. BHL Reference page.  [diagnosis, type designation: p. 114]
• Kinoshita, K. 1908. Primnoidae von Japan. The Journal of the College of Science, Imperial University of Tokyo. 23(12): 1–74. [pls 1–6] BHL Reference page.  [original description: p. 58]

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.  [diagnosis: p. 23-24]

Links

• Paracalyptrophora in the World Register of Marine Species

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

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