WoRMS name details
Antipathes rigida Pourtalès, 1880
292109 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:292109)
unaccepted (new combination)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Pourtalès, L.F. (1880). Report on the corals and Antipatharia. Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Caribbean Sea, 1878-79, by the United States coast survey steamer "Blake", commander J.R. Bartlett, U.S.N., commanding. VI. <em>.Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.</em> 6(4): 95-120, pls. 1-3.
page(s): 117 [details]
page(s): 117 [details]
Molodtsova, T.; Opresko, D. (2026). World List of Antipatharia. Antipathes rigida Pourtalès, 1880. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=292109 on 2026-06-15
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Nomenclature
original description
Pourtalès, L.F. (1880). Report on the corals and Antipatharia. Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Caribbean Sea, 1878-79, by the United States coast survey steamer "Blake", commander J.R. Bartlett, U.S.N., commanding. VI. <em>.Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.</em> 6(4): 95-120, pls. 1-3.
page(s): 117 [details]
page(s): 117 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
Other
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]
additional source Opresko, D.M. (1972). Redescriptions and reevaluations of the antipatharians described by L.D. de Pourtalès. <i>Bull. Mar. Sci.</i>. 22(4):950-1017.
page(s): 968-972, 950, 951 [details]
additional source Opresko, D. M. (1974). A study of the classification of the Antipatharia (Coelenterata:Anthozoa) with re-descriptions of eleven species. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Miami, 193 pp.• Miami, FL.
page(s): 17, 52, 81 [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., available online at https://doi.org/10.18785/negs.1301.01
page(s): 5, 8 [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Reed, J. K.; Pomponi, S. A.; Weaver, D. C.; Paull, C. K.; Wright, A. E. (2005). Deep-water sinkholes and bioherms of south Florida and the Pourtalès Terrace - habitat and fauna. Bulletin of Marine Science, 77(2): 267-296
page(s): 276, 282 [details]
additional source Reed, J. K.; Weaver, D. C.; Pomponi, S. A. (2006). Habitat and fauna of deep-water Lophelia pertusa coral reefs off the southeastern U.S.: Blake Plateau, Straits of Florida, and Gulf of Mexico. Bulletin of Marine Science, 78, 2, 343-375
page(s): 353 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Opresko, D.M. (1972). Redescriptions and reevaluations of the antipatharians described by L.D. de Pourtalès. <i>Bull. Mar. Sci.</i>. 22(4):950-1017.
page(s): 968-972, 950, 951 [details]
additional source Opresko, D. M. (1974). A study of the classification of the Antipatharia (Coelenterata:Anthozoa) with re-descriptions of eleven species. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Miami, 193 pp.• Miami, FL.
page(s): 17, 52, 81 [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., available online at https://doi.org/10.18785/negs.1301.01
page(s): 5, 8 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Reed, J. K.; Pomponi, S. A.; Weaver, D. C.; Paull, C. K.; Wright, A. E. (2005). Deep-water sinkholes and bioherms of south Florida and the Pourtalès Terrace - habitat and fauna. Bulletin of Marine Science, 77(2): 267-296
page(s): 276, 282 [details]
additional source Reed, J. K.; Weaver, D. C.; Pomponi, S. A. (2006). Habitat and fauna of deep-water Lophelia pertusa coral reefs off the southeastern U.S.: Blake Plateau, Straits of Florida, and Gulf of Mexico. Bulletin of Marine Science, 78, 2, 343-375
page(s): 353 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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