Deep-Sea taxon details
Flabellum (Flabellum) impensum Squires, 1962
173050 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:173050)
accepted
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of ) Squires DF. (1962). The fauna of the Ross Sea. Part 2. Scleractinian corals. <em>New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research Bulletin.</em> 147: 1-28. [details]
Holotype NIWA 197
Holotype NIWA 197 [details]
Depth range 46-2260 m
Depth range 46-2260 m [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Flabellum (Flabellum) impensum Squires, 1962. 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=173050 on 2026-04-24
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Flabellum (Flabellum) impensum Squires, 1962. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=173050 on 2026-04-24
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original description
(of ) Squires DF. (1962). The fauna of the Ross Sea. Part 2. Scleractinian corals. <em>New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research Bulletin.</em> 147: 1-28. [details]
context source (Deepsea) Cairns, Stephen (look up in IMIS) [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Clarke, Andrew; Johnston, Nadine M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. <em>Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 41: 47-114. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Dawson EW. (1992). The Coelenterata of the New Zealand region: a handlist for curators, students and ecologists. <em>Occasional papers of the Hutton Foundation, New Zealand.</em> 1: 1-68.
page(s): 44 [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D. (2009-2017). On line appendix: Phylogenetic list of the 711 valid Recent azooxanthellate scleractinian species with their junior synonyms and depth ranges, 28 pp. <em>In: Cold-Water Corals: The Biology and Geology of Deep-Sea Coral Habitats.</em> Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. [details]
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
additional source Schejter L, Bremec CS. (2015). First record and range extension of the Antarctic coral Flabellum (Flabellum) impensum Squires, 1962 (Cnidaria: Scleractinia) in Argentinean coastal waters. <em>Marine Biodiversity Records.</em> 8: e104., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s1755267215000858 [details]
additional source Schejter, L., C.S. Bremec & S.D. Cairns. (2016). Scleractinian corals recorded in the Argentinean Antarctic expeditions between 2012 and 2014, with comments on Flabellum (Flabellum) areum Cairns, 1982. <em>Polar Research.</em> 35(1): 29762., available online at https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v35.29762 [details] Available for editors
redescription Cairns, S.D. (1995). The marine fauna of New Zealand: Scleractinia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa. <em>New Zealand Oceanographic Memoir.</em> 103: 1-210. [details] Available for editors
redescription Cairns, S.D. (1982). Antarctic and Subantarctic Scleractinia. <em>Antarctic Research Series.</em> 34: 1-74. [details] Available for editors
context source (Deepsea) Cairns, Stephen (look up in IMIS) [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Clarke, Andrew; Johnston, Nadine M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. <em>Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 41: 47-114. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Dawson EW. (1992). The Coelenterata of the New Zealand region: a handlist for curators, students and ecologists. <em>Occasional papers of the Hutton Foundation, New Zealand.</em> 1: 1-68.
page(s): 44 [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D. (2009-2017). On line appendix: Phylogenetic list of the 711 valid Recent azooxanthellate scleractinian species with their junior synonyms and depth ranges, 28 pp. <em>In: Cold-Water Corals: The Biology and Geology of Deep-Sea Coral Habitats.</em> Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. [details]
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
additional source Schejter L, Bremec CS. (2015). First record and range extension of the Antarctic coral Flabellum (Flabellum) impensum Squires, 1962 (Cnidaria: Scleractinia) in Argentinean coastal waters. <em>Marine Biodiversity Records.</em> 8: e104., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s1755267215000858 [details]
additional source Schejter, L., C.S. Bremec & S.D. Cairns. (2016). Scleractinian corals recorded in the Argentinean Antarctic expeditions between 2012 and 2014, with comments on Flabellum (Flabellum) areum Cairns, 1982. <em>Polar Research.</em> 35(1): 29762., available online at https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v35.29762 [details] Available for editors
redescription Cairns, S.D. (1995). The marine fauna of New Zealand: Scleractinia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa. <em>New Zealand Oceanographic Memoir.</em> 103: 1-210. [details] Available for editors
redescription Cairns, S.D. (1982). Antarctic and Subantarctic Scleractinia. <em>Antarctic Research Series.</em> 34: 1-74. [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype NIWA 197 [details]
