WoRMS taxon details

Stichopathes luetkeni Brook, 1889

Stichopathes lutkeni, 50-75 m Flower Garden Banks, Gulf of Mexico.

Photograph courtesy of NOAA-FGBNMS/UNCW-UVP. Identifications by D. Opresko. Note that colonies in the Caribbean often have a reddish coloration, whereas those from the Flower Garden Banks are more often orange to cream-colored. For more information see: Opresko DM, Nuttall MF, Hickerson EL (2016). Black corals of the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary. Gulf of Mexico Science 2016(1): 47-67.

1287835  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1287835)

accepted
Species
Cirrhipathes lutkeni (Brook, 1889) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Stichopathes (Cirrhipathes) lutkeni Brook, 1889 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Stichopathes lütkeni Brook, 1889 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect original spelling (name published with a diacritic...)  
name published with a diacritic or other mark
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Not documented
Type locality contained in West Indies  
type locality contained in West Indies [details]
Molodtsova, T.; Opresko, D. (2024). World List of Antipatharia. Stichopathes luetkeni Brook, 1889. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1287835 on 2024-04-23
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original description  (of Stichopathes lütkeni Brook, 1889) Brook, G. (1889). Report on the Antipatharia collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 32 (part 80): i-iii,1-222, pl. 1-15., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-80/README.htm
page(s): 94; Pl. XII (28, 28a) [details]   

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

additional source Echeverría, C. A. (2002). Black corals (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Antipatharia): first records and a new species from the Brazilian coast. <em>Revista de biología tropical.</em> 50(3-4), 1067-1077., available online at https://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?pid=S0034-77442002000300024&script=sci_arttext
page(s): 1068, 1071, 1072 [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Nontype (of Stichopathes lütkeni Brook, 1889) USNM 74835, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
From editor or global species database
Original Combination original name Stichopathes lütkeni [details]
LanguageName 
English wire coralspiraling wire coralblack wire coral  [details]
German Spiralige Drahtkoralle  [details]