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Actinoptilum molle (Kükenthal, 1902) 
AphiaID: 213049

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Octocorallia (Subclass) > Pennatulacea (Order) > Echinoptilidae (Family) > Actinoptilum (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Actinoptilum Kükenthal, 1911
Sources  basis of record: Williams, G.C. (1992). Biogeography of the octocorallian coelenterate fauna of southern Africa. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 46:351-401. [details]

additional source: Williams, G.C. Index Pennatulacea : Annotated bibliography and indexes of the sea pens of the world 1469-2002 (Coelenterata: Octocorallia), available online at http://research.calacademy.org/RESEARCH/izg/index_intro.htm [details]

additional source: G.C. Williams and J. van der Land (eds), update 2004-2007, as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (look up in IMIS[details]

Environment marine, terrestrial
Distribution South West Indian Ocean [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
Note  Habitat: shelf to upper slope [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:213049
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
1998-11-17 13:54:23Z  created  Fondo, Esther
2004-01-09 17:30:58Z  changed  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2008-01-16 10:35:54Z  changed  van der Land, Jacob
2010-09-17 06:17:46Z  checked  van Ofwegen, Leen
  
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  Citation: van Ofwegen, L. (2013). Actinoptilum molle (Kükenthal, 1902). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=213049 on 2013-05-19
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