Parastenella

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: Parastenella
Species: P. atlantica – P. bayeri – P. doederleini – P. gymnogaster – P. pacifica – P. pomponiae – P. ramosa – P. spinosa

Name

Parastenella Versluys, 1906

Type species: Stenella doederleini Wright & Studer, 1889

Synonymy

• Stenella (Parastenella) Versluys, 1906 (original rank as a subgenus of Stenella)

Distribution

Cosmopolitan, except for eastern Atlantic, the Arctic, and off con-tinental Antarctica, 475–3470 m depth (Cairns, 2018).

References

Primary references

• Versluys, J. 1906. Die Gorgoniden der Siboga-Expedition. II. Die Primnoidae. Siboga-Expeditie. Monograph 13a: 1–187. BHL Reference page.  [original description: p. 45]

Additional references

• Cairns, S.D. 2007. Calcaxonian Octocorals (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) from the Eastern Pacific seamounts. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. 58(25): 511–541. PDF Reference page.  [p. 518]
• 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. 28-29]

Links

• Parastenella in the World Register of Marine Species

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

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