Pennatula phosphorea

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Overview

Interesting Facts

Description

Habitat

Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -4,869 meters (0 to -15,974 feet).[1]

Biome: Marine .

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 2004-2007

Similar Species

Members of the genus Pennatula

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Further Reading

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Notes

Contributors

• American Fisheries Society. Common and Scientific Names of Aquatic Invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Cnidaria and Ctenophora Second Edition. Special Publication 28. ISBN 1-888569-39-5.
• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 and ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 17, 2012.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 05, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 5 providers.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
• URMO: UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. Release date: November 18, 2008
• Williams, G.C. and Van der Land, J. (from UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms).

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 05, 2008:

• GBIF-Sweden: Invertebrates (GBIF-SE:SMNH)
• GBIF-Sweden: Zoology (Museum of Evolution - Uppsala)
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: A comparison of benthic biodiversity in the North Sea, English Channel and Celtic Seas
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Historical quantitative benthos grab samples from the Southern Baltic Sea
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Ifremer BIOCEAN database (Deep Sea Benthic Fauna)
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: MedOBIS
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Taxonomic Information Sytem for the Belgian coastal area
• Senckenberg: Collection Cnidaria
• The Danish Biodiversity Information Facility: Marine Benthic Fauna List, Læsø, Denmark
• UK National Biodiversity Network: Joint Nature Conservation Committee - Marine benthic dataset (version 1) commissioned by UKOOA
• UK National Biodiversity Network: Marine Biological Association - Marine survey data (Professional) held by MarLIN.
• UK National Biodiversity Network: Marine Conservation Society - Seasearch Marine Surveys

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2565478
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: URM-Cn-4556
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 4490920
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 52419
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 599166

Footnotes

1. Mean = -236.100 meters (-774.606 feet), Standard Deviation = 612.080 based on 420 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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