WoRMS taxon details
Stichopathes Brook, 1889
103308 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:103308)
accepted
Genus
Stichopathes pourtalesi Brook, 1889 (type by subsequent designation)
Antipathes (Stichopathes) Brook, 1889 · unaccepted
Cirripathes (Stichopathes) Brook, 1889 · unaccepted > superseded combination
- Species Stichopathes abyssicola Roule, 1902
- Species Stichopathes aggregata (van Pesch, 1914)
- Species Stichopathes alcocki Cooper, 1909
- Species Stichopathes bispinosa Summers, 1910
- Species Stichopathes bournei Cooper, 1909
- Species Stichopathes ceylonensis Thomson & Simpson, 1905
- Species Stichopathes contorta Thomson & Simpson, 1905
- Species Stichopathes diversa (Brook, 1889)
- Species Stichopathes echinulata Brook, 1889
- Species Stichopathes eustropha Pax, 1931
- Species Stichopathes filiformis (Gray, 1868)
- Species Stichopathes flagellum Roule, 1902
- Species Stichopathes gracilis (Gray, 1857)
- Species Stichopathes gravieri Molodtsova, 2006
- Species Stichopathes indica Schultze, 1903
- Species Stichopathes longispina Cooper, 1909
- Species Stichopathes luetkeni Brook, 1889
- Species Stichopathes maldivensis Cooper, 1903
- Species Stichopathes occidentalis Gray, 1860
- Species Stichopathes papillosa Thomson & Simpson, 1905
- Species Stichopathes pourtalesi Brook, 1889
- Species Stichopathes regularis Cooper, 1909
- Species Stichopathes richardi Roule, 1902
- Species Stichopathes saccula van Pesch, 1914
- Species Stichopathes semiglabra van Pesch, 1914
- Species Stichopathes setacea (Gray, 1860)
- Species Stichopathes seychellensis Cooper, 1909
- Species Stichopathes solorensis van Pesch, 1914
- Species Stichopathes spinosa Silberfeld, 1909
- Species Stichopathes variabilis van Pesch, 1914
- Species Stichopathes densiflora (Silberfeld, 1909) accepted as Cirrhipathes densiflora Silberfeld, 1909 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Stichopathes desbonni (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) accepted as Allopathes desbonni (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Stichopathes dissimilis Roule, 1902 accepted as Aphanostichopathes dissimilis (Roule, 1902) (new combination)
- Species Stichopathes euoplos Schultze, 1903 accepted as Aphanostichopathes euoplos (Schultze, 1903)
- Species Stichopathes japonica Silberfeld, 1909 accepted as Antipathes (Euantipathes) longibrachiata van Pesch, 1914 accepted as Antipathes longibrachiata van Pesch, 1914 (nomen novum)
- Species Stichopathes lütkeni Brook, 1889 accepted as Stichopathes luetkeni Brook, 1889 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect original spelling, name published with a diacritic or other mark)
- Species Stichopathes paucispina (Brook, 1889) accepted as Aphanostichopathes paucispina (Brook, 1889)
- Species Stichopathes robusta Gravier, 1918 accepted as Bathypathes robusta (Gravier, 1918) (new combination)
- Species Stichopathes spiessi Opresko & Genin, 1990 accepted as Aphanostichopathes spiessi (Opresko & Genin, 1990) (new combination)
- Species Stichopathes spiralis (Pourtalès, 1880) accepted as Stichopathes pourtalesi Brook, 1889
- Subgenus Stichopathes (Antipathes) (uncertain > unassessed)
- Subgenus Stichopathes (Cirrhipathes) (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Stichopathes (Cirrhipathes) lutkeni Brook, 1889 accepted as Stichopathes luetkeni Brook, 1889 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
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 [details]
Molodtsova, T.; Opresko, D. (2025). World List of Antipatharia. Stichopathes Brook, 1889. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=103308 on 2025-07-16
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Nomenclature
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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 [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Opresko, D.M. (2001). Antipatharia, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 109 (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Opresko, D.M. (2001). Antipatharia, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 109 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
additional source
Daly, M.M., Fautin D.G., Cappola V.A., 2003. Systematics of the Hexacorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 139 3: 419-437.
page(s): 424-425, 427-428 [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V. Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> :59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Sánchez, J. A.; Zea, S.; Díaz, J. M. (1998). Patterns of octocoral and black coral distribution in the oceanic barrier reef-complex of Providencia Island, southwestern Caribbean. Caribbean Journal of Science, 34(3-4): 250-264
page(s): 256 [details]
additional source Tazioli, S.; Bo, M.; Boyer, M.; Rotinsulu, H.; Bavestrello, G. (2007). Ecological observations of some common antipatharian corals in the marine park of Bunaken (North Sulawesi, Indonesia). Zoological Studies, 46(2): 227-241
page(s): 229, 230, 231, 233, 234, 235, 238, 239 [details]
additional source Lapian, H. F. N.; Barucca, M.; Bavestrello, G.; Biscotti, M. A.; Bo, M.; Canapa, A.; Tazioli, S.; Olmo, E. (2007). A systematic study of some black corals species (Antipatharia, Hexacorallia) based on rDNA internal transcribed spacers sequences. Marine Biology, 151, 785-792
page(s): 786, 787, 788, 789, 790, 791 [details]
page(s): 424-425, 427-428 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V. Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> :59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Sánchez, J. A.; Zea, S.; Díaz, J. M. (1998). Patterns of octocoral and black coral distribution in the oceanic barrier reef-complex of Providencia Island, southwestern Caribbean. Caribbean Journal of Science, 34(3-4): 250-264
page(s): 256 [details]
additional source Tazioli, S.; Bo, M.; Boyer, M.; Rotinsulu, H.; Bavestrello, G. (2007). Ecological observations of some common antipatharian corals in the marine park of Bunaken (North Sulawesi, Indonesia). Zoological Studies, 46(2): 227-241
page(s): 229, 230, 231, 233, 234, 235, 238, 239 [details]
additional source Lapian, H. F. N.; Barucca, M.; Bavestrello, G.; Biscotti, M. A.; Bo, M.; Canapa, A.; Tazioli, S.; Olmo, E. (2007). A systematic study of some black corals species (Antipatharia, Hexacorallia) based on rDNA internal transcribed spacers sequences. Marine Biology, 151, 785-792
page(s): 786, 787, 788, 789, 790, 791 [details]
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