Paracalyptrophora enigma

Paracalyptrophora enigma

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scleralcyonacea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Phylum: Cnidaria
Classis: Anthozoa
Subclassis: Octocorallia
Ordo: Scleralcyonacea

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]
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