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Taiaroa tauhou Bayer & Muzik, 1976

291172  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:291172)

accepted
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Bayer, F.M.; Muzik, K.M. (1976). A new solitary octocoral, Taiaroa tauhou gen. et sp. nov. (Coelenterata: Protoalcyonaria) from New Zealand. <em>Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand.</em> 6(4): 499-515. [details]   
Holotype  NMNZ Co. 110  
Holotype NMNZ Co. 110 [details]
McFadden, C.; Cordeiro, R.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2022). World List of Octocorallia. Taiaroa tauhou Bayer & Muzik, 1976. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2022) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=291172 on 2023-03-24
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2023). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Taiaroa tauhou Bayer & Muzik, 1976. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=291172 on 2023-03-24
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2008-01-16 10:35:54Z
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2010-09-17 06:17:46Z
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original description Bayer, F.M.; Muzik, K.M. (1976). A new solitary octocoral, Taiaroa tauhou gen. et sp. nov. (Coelenterata: Protoalcyonaria) from New Zealand. <em>Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand.</em> 6(4): 499-515. [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 van Ofwegen, L.P.; Cairns, S.D. ; van der Land, J. (eds). (2000-2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS[details]   

additional source Cairns, S.D.; Gershwin, L.; Brook, F.J.; Pugh, P.; Dawson, E.W.; Ocaña O.V.; Vervoort, W.; Williams, G.; Watson, J.E.; Opresko, D.M.; Schuchert, P.; Hine, P.M.; Gordon, D.P.; Campbell, H.J.; Wright, A.J.; Sánchez, J.A.; Fautin, D.G. (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> pp. 59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 

additional source Opresko, D.M.; Bayer, F.M. (1991). Rediscovery of the enigmatic coelenterate Dendrobrachia (Octocorallia: Gorgonacea) with descriptions of two new species. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia.</em> 115(1): 1-19., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41148648
page(s): 13 [details]   

additional source Fabricius, K.; Alderslade, P. N. (2001). Soft Corals and Sea Fans: A Comprehensive Guide to the Shallow-water Genera of the Central-West Pacific, the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea. Australian Institute of Marine Science. Townsville., pp. 264.
page(s): 11 [details]   
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Holotype NMNZ Co. 110 [details]
Paratype BMNH 1976.1.16.1 [details]
Paratype BMNH 1976.1.16.2 [details]
Paratype SMBL 269 [details]
Paratype SMBL 270 [details]
Paratype USNM 54270 [details]
Paratype USNM 54271 [details]
From other sources
Biology solitary, in deep water [details]
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