Deep-Sea taxon details
Heteropolypus ritteri (Nutting, 1909)
724715 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:724715)
accepted
Species
Anthomastus ritteri Nutting, 1909 · unaccepted > superseded combination (original combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Anthomastus ritteri Nutting, 1909) Nutting, C.C. (1909). Alcyonaria of the Californian coast. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 35: 681-727, plates 84-91., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7495540
page(s): 687-688 [details]
page(s): 687-688 [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Heteropolypus ritteri (Nutting, 1909). 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=724715 on 2026-09-11
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Heteropolypus ritteri (Nutting, 1909). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=724715 on 2026-09-11
Date
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original description
(of Anthomastus ritteri Nutting, 1909) Nutting, C.C. (1909). Alcyonaria of the Californian coast. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 35: 681-727, plates 84-91., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7495540
page(s): 687-688 [details]
new combination reference 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 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 687-688 [details]
new combination reference 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 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes) (from synonym Anthomastus ritteri Nutting, 1909)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Anthomastus ritteri Nutting, 1909)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Heteropolypus ritteri)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Anthomastus ritteri Nutting, 1909)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (8 records) (from synonym Anthomastus ritteri Nutting, 1909)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (Holotype USNM 25422) (from synonym Anthomastus ritteri Nutting, 1909)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Anthomastus ritteri Nutting, 1909)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Heteropolypus ritteri)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Anthomastus ritteri Nutting, 1909)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (8 records) (from synonym Anthomastus ritteri Nutting, 1909)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (Holotype USNM 25422) (from synonym Anthomastus ritteri Nutting, 1909)
