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Caryophyllia (Acanthocyathus) spinigera (Saville-Kent, 1871) 
AphiaID: 286769

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Caryophylliidae (Family) > Caryophyllia (Genus) > Caryophyllia (Acanthocyathus) (Subgenus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Caryophyllia (Acanthocyathus) Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
Synonymised
taxa		  Acanthocyathus spiniger Kent, 1871
Sources  basis of record: S.D.Cairns, B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land, update Oct. 2007, as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source: Cairns, S.D., 2009. On line appendix: Phylogenetic list of the 711 valid Recent azooxanthellate scleractinian species with their junior synonyms and depth ranges, 28 pp. In: Cold-Water Corals: The Biology and Geology of Deep-Sea Coral Habitats. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge http://www.lophelia.org/online-appendices  [details]

additional source: Cairns, S.D., 2004. Azooxanthellate Scleractinia of Australia. Rec. Australian Mus., 56(3): 259-329, 12 pls. [details]

redescription: Cairns, S.D., and Zibrowius, H., 1997. Cnidaria Anthozoa: Azooxanthellate Scleractinia from the Philippine and Indonesian regions. Mem. Mus. natn. Hist. nat. 172: 27-243, including 29 pls. (=MUSORSTOM Rep. 16).  [details]

Environment marine, terrestrial
Distribution Central Pacific Ocean [details]
West Pacific [details]
Links To Encyclopedia of Life
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection
To ITIS
Notes  Biology: azooxanthellate [details]

Depth range: 127-347 m [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:286769
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2008-01-16 10:35:54Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2010-08-15 20:46:26Z  checked  Cairns, Stephen
2010-08-27 12:16:13Z  changed  Cairns, Stephen
2010-10-02 11:44:53Z  changed  Cairns, Stephen
  
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  Citation: Cairns, S. (2013). Caryophyllia (Acanthocyathus) spinigera (Saville-Kent, 1871). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=286769 on 2013-05-20
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