WoRMS taxon details

Distichopora anceps Cairns, 1978

288316  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:288316)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Medusozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Hydrozoa (Class)
  6. Hydroidolina (Subclass)
  7. Anthoathecata (Order)
  8. Filifera (Suborder)
  9. Stylasteridae (Family)
  10. Distichopora (Genus)
  11. Distichopora anceps (Species)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Distichopora (Haplomerismos) anceps Cairns, 1978) Cairns, S.D. (1978). Distichopora (Haplomerismos) anceps, a new Stylasterine coral (Coelenterata: Stylasterina) from deep water off the Hawaiian Islands. <em>Micronesica.</em> 14(1): 83-87.
page(s): 84, pl. 1 figs 1-6 [details] OpenAccess publication
Depth range 360-577 m  
Depth range 360-577 m [details]

Taxonomy Originally described as D. (Haplomerismos) anceps  
Taxonomy Originally described as D. (Haplomerismos) anceps [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Distichopora anceps Cairns, 1978. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=288316 on 2025-07-11
Date
action
by
2008-01-16 10:35:54Z
created
van der Land, Jacob
2010-09-24 14:30:52Z
checked
Cairns, Stephen
2020-07-21 08:47:34Z
changed
Hoeksema, Bert
2024-11-06 08:49:10Z
changed
Schuchert, Peter

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Nomenclature

original description (of Distichopora (Haplomerismos) anceps Cairns, 1978) Cairns, S.D. (1978). Distichopora (Haplomerismos) anceps, a new Stylasterine coral (Coelenterata: Stylasterina) from deep water off the Hawaiian Islands. <em>Micronesica.</em> 14(1): 83-87.
page(s): 84, pl. 1 figs 1-6 [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record Cairns, S.D. & J. van der Land. (2000-2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

Taxonomy

redescription Cairns, S.D. (2005). Revision of the Hawaiian Stylasteridae (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Athecata). <em>Pacific Science.</em> 59(3): 439-451., available online at https://doi.org/10.1353/psc.2005.0034 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Other

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (1999). Appendix: List of extant stony corals. <em>Atoll Research Bulletin.</em> 459: 13-46. [details] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Nontype USNM 1021949 [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 360-577 m [details]

Taxonomy Originally described as D. (Haplomerismos) anceps [details]

Unreviewed
Biology calcareous colonies, no free medusae [details]
    Definitions

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To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Distichopora (Haplomerismos) anceps Cairns, 1978)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Distichopora anceps) 
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 1 proteins) 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (48 records) 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (Holotype USNM 56338) 
To ITIS

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