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Opresko, D.M. 2003. Redescription of Antipathes dichotoma Pallas, 1766 (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Antipatharia). Zool. Med. Leiden 77: 481-493.
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Opresko, D. M.
2003
Redescription of Antipathes dichotoma Pallas, 1766 (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Antipatharia)
Zool. Med. Leiden
77: 481-493
Publication
The type species of the genus Antipathes, (A. dichotoma Pallas, 1766) is redescribed and a neotype is designated. Differences in the size and shape of the spines, and in the size and density of the polyps are considered key characters in separating related species.
Mediterranean
Systematics, Taxonomy
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Antipathes arborea Dana, 1846 (additional source)
Antipathes atlantica Gray, 1857 (additional source) Antipathes curvata van Pesch, 1914 (additional source) Antipathes dichotoma Pallas, 1766 (additional source) Antipathes furcata Gray, 1857 (additional source) Antipathes galapagensis Deichmann, 1941 (redescription) Antipathes gallensis Thomson & Simpson, 1905 (additional source) Antipathes grandiflora Silberfeld, 1909 (additional source) Antipathes lentipinna Brook, 1889 (additional source) Antipathes spinulosa (Schultze, 1896) (additional source) Antipathes tristis (Duchassaing, 1870) (additional source) Leiopathes glaberrima (Esper, 1792) (additional source) |