Paracalyptrophora enigma

Paracalyptrophora enigma

Taxonavigation

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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: Paracalyptrophora enigma

Name

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Paracalyptrophora enigma Cairns, 2018

Type locality: 1°17.2'S, 89°48.7'W (northwest of Española, Galápagos), 653 m depth.
Holotype: USNM 1409703, colony and SEM stubs 2338–2342, Johnson-Sea-Link I station 1915.
Paratype: USNM 1409707, Johnson-Sea-Link I station 1916, 1 colony.
ZooBank: 14AC2E7D-3E1F-4701-92AD-F8B152150ADB

Distribution

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Known only from northwest of Española, Galápagos, 547–653 m deep.

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Primary references

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