World Register of Deep-Sea species - Heteropolypus Tixier-Durivault, 1964

Deep-Sea taxon details

Heteropolypus Tixier-Durivault, 1964

AphiaID

345446 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:345446)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Heteropolypus insolitus Tixier-Durivault, 1964 (type by monotypy)

Parent

Anthomastinae Verrill, 1922

Direct children (4)

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Species Heteropolypus insolitus Tixier-Durivault, 1964
Species Heteropolypus japonicus (Nutting, 1912)
Species Heteropolypus ritteri (Nutting, 1909)
Species Heteropolypus steenstrupi (Wright & Studer, 1889)

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Tixier-Durivault, A. (1964). Stolonifera et Alcyonacea. <em>Galathea Report.</em> 7: 43-58., available online at https://web.archive.org/web/20160808193425/http://www.zmuc.dk/inverweb/galathea/Galathea_p2.html
page(s): 49 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2023). World List of Octocorallia. Heteropolypus Tixier-Durivault, 1964. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2023) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=345446 on 2023-12-05

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2023). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Heteropolypus Tixier-Durivault, 1964. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=345446 on 2023-12-05

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-05-26 07:47:01Z

created

Appeltans, Ward

2010-09-15 12:49:54Z

changed

van Ofwegen, Leen

2020-11-21 21:42:31Z

changed

McFadden, Cathy

2021-05-14 02:28:23Z

changed

McFadden, Cathy

[taxonomic tree]

original description Tixier-Durivault, A. (1964). Stolonifera et Alcyonacea. <em>Galathea Report.</em> 7: 43-58., available online at https://web.archive.org/web/20160808193425/http://www.zmuc.dk/inverweb/galathea/Galathea_p2.html
page(s): 49 [details] Available for editors

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]

basis of record 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.
page(s): 505-514 [details] Available for editors

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
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From other sources

Heteropolypus