Deep-Sea taxon details
Anthomastus agassizii Verrill, 1922
158261 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158261)
accepted
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Verrill, A. E. (1922). Report of the Canadian Arctic Expedition 1913-18. <em>Volume III: Mollusks, Echinoderms, Coelenterates, etc. Part G: Alcyonaria and Actiniaria.</em> F. A. Acland, Ottawa, Canada, 165 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38351362
page(s): G41 [details]
page(s): G41 [details]
Distribution Western Atlantic: from George's Bank the Lesser Antilles
Distribution Western Atlantic: from George's Bank the Lesser Antilles [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Anthomastus agassizii Verrill, 1922. 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=158261 on 2026-08-02
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Anthomastus agassizii Verrill, 1922. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158261 on 2026-08-02
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Verrill, A. E. (1922). Report of the Canadian Arctic Expedition 1913-18. <em>Volume III: Mollusks, Echinoderms, Coelenterates, etc. Part G: Alcyonaria and Actiniaria.</em> F. A. Acland, Ottawa, Canada, 165 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38351362
page(s): G41 [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 Opresko. (1980). [details]
additional source Watling, L.; Auster, P. (2005). Distribution of deep-water Alcyonacea off the Northeast Coast of the United States. In: Freiwald, A., R.J. Murray, editors. Cold-Water Corals and Ecosystems. <em>Proceedings of the Second Deep-Sea Coral Symposium.</em> 279-296., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-27673-4_13 [details]
additional source Molodtsova, T.N., 2013. Deep-sea mushroom soft corals (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea: Alcyoniidae) of the Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Marine Biology Research 9 (5-6): 488-515., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/17451000.2012.750427
page(s): 489 [details] Available for editors
additional source d'Hondt, M.J. (1992). Description d'Anthomastus globosus n. sp. (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea) de Nouvelle-Caledonie. Remarques sur quelques especes de genre. <em>Bulletin de la Museum Nationale d'Histoire naturelle Paris, Ser. 4.</em> 14, sect. A (3-4): 623-638., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/p.290064
page(s): 634 [details]
additional source Deichmann, E. (1936). The Alcyonaria of the western part of the Atlantic Ocean. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College.</em> 53: 1-317, plates 1-37., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4363633
page(s): 5, 47, 52, 54, 55, 290, 293, Plate 3 [details]
page(s): G41 [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 Opresko. (1980). [details]
additional source Watling, L.; Auster, P. (2005). Distribution of deep-water Alcyonacea off the Northeast Coast of the United States. In: Freiwald, A., R.J. Murray, editors. Cold-Water Corals and Ecosystems. <em>Proceedings of the Second Deep-Sea Coral Symposium.</em> 279-296., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-27673-4_13 [details]
additional source Molodtsova, T.N., 2013. Deep-sea mushroom soft corals (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea: Alcyoniidae) of the Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Marine Biology Research 9 (5-6): 488-515., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/17451000.2012.750427
page(s): 489 [details] Available for editors
additional source d'Hondt, M.J. (1992). Description d'Anthomastus globosus n. sp. (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea) de Nouvelle-Caledonie. Remarques sur quelques especes de genre. <em>Bulletin de la Museum Nationale d'Histoire naturelle Paris, Ser. 4.</em> 14, sect. A (3-4): 623-638., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/p.290064
page(s): 634 [details]
additional source Deichmann, E. (1936). The Alcyonaria of the western part of the Atlantic Ocean. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College.</em> 53: 1-317, plates 1-37., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4363633
page(s): 5, 47, 52, 54, 55, 290, 293, Plate 3 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution Western Atlantic: from George's Bank the Lesser Antilles [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Agassiz's deep-sea soft coral | [details] |
| French | corail des profondeurs | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (71 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 006436.CN)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (71 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 006436.CN)
Unreviewed
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