Deep-Sea taxon details
Sibopathes macrospina Opresko, 1993
291049 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:291049)
accepted
Species
marine, terrestrial
Opresko, D.M. 1993. A new species of *Sibopathes* (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Antipatharia: Antipathidae) from the Gulf of Mexico.Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.106(1):195-203 [details]
Holotype USNM 91417, geounit United States Exclusive...
Holotype USNM 91417, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Molodtsova, T.; Opresko, D. (2025). World List of Antipatharia. Sibopathes macrospina Opresko, 1993. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=291049 on 2025-11-12
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Sibopathes macrospina Opresko, 1993. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=291049 on 2025-11-12
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Opresko, D.M. 1993. A new species of *Sibopathes* (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Antipatharia: Antipathidae) from the Gulf of Mexico.Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.106(1):195-203 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record D.M.Opresko and J. van der Land (eds), update 10-2007, as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Opresko. 2003. Revision of the Antipatharia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa). Part III. Cladopathidae. Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) Volume: 77 Issue: 31 Pages: 495-536
page(s): 498, 524 [details]
additional source Opresko, D. M. 2009. Antipatharia (Cnidaria) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 359–363 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D., D.M. Opresko, T.S. Hopkins & W.W. Schroeder. (1993). New records of deep-water Cnidaria (Scleractinia & Antipatharia) from the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Northeast Gulf Science.</em> 13(1): 1-11.
page(s): 2, 5, 7 [details] Available for editors
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record D.M.Opresko and J. van der Land (eds), update 10-2007, as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Opresko. 2003. Revision of the Antipatharia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa). Part III. Cladopathidae. Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) Volume: 77 Issue: 31 Pages: 495-536
page(s): 498, 524 [details]
additional source Opresko, D. M. 2009. Antipatharia (Cnidaria) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 359–363 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D., D.M. Opresko, T.S. Hopkins & W.W. Schroeder. (1993). New records of deep-water Cnidaria (Scleractinia & Antipatharia) from the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Northeast Gulf Science.</em> 13(1): 1-11.
page(s): 2, 5, 7 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
