Paracalyptrophora enigma

Paracalyptrophora enigma

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: Paracalyptrophora enigma

Name

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

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

References

Primary 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.  [original description: p. 24, figs. 3a, 10]

Links

• Paracalyptrophora enigma in the World Register of Marine Species

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

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