Interesting Facts
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Description
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Habitat
Biome: Marine .
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Radiata
()
- (Linnaeus, 1758) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Infrakingdom:
Coelenterata
()
- Leuckart, 1847
- Phylum:
Cnidaria
()
- Hatschek, 1888
- Cnidarians
- Subphylum:
Anthozoa
()
- (Ehrenberg, 1831) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Corals, Flower Animals
- Class:
Anthozoa
()
- Ehrenberg, 1831
- Corals, Flower Animals
- Subclass:
Alcyonaria
()
- Order:
Gorgonacea
()
- Sea Fans and Sea Whips
- Suborder:
Holaxonia
()
- Family:
Plexauridae
()
- Genus:
Anthomuricea
()
- Wright & Studer, 1887
- Specific name:
tenuispina
- Nutting, 1908
- Scientific name: - Anthomuricea tenuispina Nutting, 1908
- Specific name:
tenuispina
- Nutting, 1908
- Genus:
Anthomuricea
(
- Family:
Plexauridae
(
- Suborder:
Holaxonia
(
- Order:
Gorgonacea
(
- Subclass:
Alcyonaria
(
- Class:
Anthozoa
(
- Subphylum:
Anthozoa
(
- Phylum:
Cnidaria
(
- Infrakingdom:
Coelenterata
(
- Subkingdom:
Radiata
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
First described: Nutting, Charles C.
Descriptions
of the Alcyonaria
collected by the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries Steamer Albatross in the
vicinity of the Hawaiian Islands in 1902 Proceedings of the United
States National Museum, vol.
34, no. 1624; 543-601, 1908.
Last scrutiny: 2000-2007
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Members of the genus Anthomuricea
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Further Reading
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- Descriptions of the Alcyonaria collected by the U.S. bureau of fisheries steamer Albatross in the vicinity of the Hawaiian islands in 1902. Washington, Smithsonian Institution Press, 1908 url p. 551, p. 581.
Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed February 1, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 02, 2008:
- National Museum of Natural History: NMNH Invertebrate Zoology Collections
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5999237
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: URM-Cn-3194
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1767418
