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)

(List may be incomplete)

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.

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.

Opresko, D.M., Wagner, D., Montgomery, A.D. & Brugler, M.R. 2012. Discovery of Aphanipathes verticillata (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Antipatharia) in the Hawaiian Islands. Zootaxa 3348: 24–39. Preview PDF DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3348.1.2 Reference page.

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.

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.

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.

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 full article pdf 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.

Opresko, D.M., Bo, M., Stein, D., Evankow, A., Distel, D.L. & Brugler, M.R. 2021. Description of two new genera and two new species of antipatharian corals in the family Aphanipathidae (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Antipatharia). Zootaxa 4966(2): 161–174. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4966.2.4 Reference page.
Opresko, D.M. & Moldtsova, T. 2021. New Species of Deep-Sea Antipatharians from the North Pacific (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Antipatharia), Part 2. Zootaxa 4999(5): 401–422. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4999.5.1 full article pdf Reference page.

Opresko, D.M., Stewart, R., Voza, T., Tracy, D. & Brugler, M.R. 2022. New genus and species of black coral from the SW Pacific and Antarctica (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Antipatharia: Schizopathidae), Zootaxa 5169(1): 31–48. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5169.1.3 Reference page.

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.
Stone, R.P., Cairns, S.D., Opresko, D.M., Williams, G.C. & Masuda, M.M., 2023. A guide to the corals of Alaska. NOAA Professional Paper NMFS. 23: 66-67. DOI: 10.7755/PP.23 Reference page.

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.