Paracalyptrophora enigma
Appearance

Taxonavigation
[edit]Taxonavigation: Scleralcyonacea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Primnoidae
Genus: Paracalyptrophora
Species: Paracalyptrophora enigma
Name
[edit]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
[edit]Known only from northwest of Española, Galápagos, 547–653 m deep.
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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