Plumarella abietina

Plumarella abietina

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: Plumarella
Species: Plumarella abietina

Name

Plumarella abietina (Studer, 1894) Zapata-Guardiola, López-González 2012

Type locality: 1°07'N, 81°04'W, 3181 m depth.

original combination: Amphilaphis abietina Studer, 1894

Holotype: Albatross station 3399, MCZ 4802

Synonymy

• Amphilaphis abietina Studer, 1894
• Thouarella (Amphilaphis) abietina (Studer, 1894) Kükenthal, 1919

Distribution

Galápagos: east of Santa Cruz and off Roca Redonda, 717–808 m deep. Off Ecuador, 3181 m depth (Cairns, 2018).

References

Primary references

• Studer, T.R. 1894. Note préliminaire sur les Alcyonaires. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 25(5): 53–69. BHL Reference page.  [original description of Amphilaphis abietina: p. 65]
• Kükenthal, W.G. 1919. Gorgonaria. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer "Valdivia"., 13(2), pp. 1–946. Part I Part II Reference page.  [recombination reference for Thouarella (Amphilaphis) abietina: p. 410-411]
• Zapata-Guardiola, R., López-González, P.J. 2012. Revision and redescription of the species previously included in the genus Amphilaphis Studer and Wright in Studer, 1887. Scientia Marina. 76(2): 357–380. DOI: 10.3989/scimar.03278.18B Reference page.  [recombination: p. 372-375, figs. 20-22]

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.  [listed: p. 512]
• Cairns, S.D. 2016. The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Primnoid octocorals (Anthozoa: Alcyonacea) – Part 2. Primnoella, Callozostron, Metafannyella, Fanellia and other genera. NIWA biodiversity memoir (129). 132 pp. PDF. Reference page.  [p. 55, 58]
• 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.  [description: p. 26-28, figs. 3b, 11]
• Cairns, S.D., Bayer, F.M. 2009. A generic revision and phylogenetic analysis of the Primnoidae (Cnidaria: Octocorallia). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 629: 1–79. DOI: 10.5479/si.00810282.629 Reference page.  [listed: p. 28]
• Kükenthal, W.G. 1924. Gorgonaria. Das Tierreich 47: i-xxviii + 1-478. Reference page.  [see p. 290 as Thouarella (Amphilaphis) abietina]
• Versluys, J. 1906. Die Gorgoniden der Siboga-Expedition. II. Die Primnoidae. Siboga-Expeditie. Monograph 13a: 1–187. BHL Reference page.  [see p. 22 as Amphilaphis abietina]

Links

• Plumarella abietina in the World Register of Marine Species

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

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