Overview
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Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Broad Sea Fan, Pink Sea Fan
Description
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Habitat
Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -100 meters (0 to -328 feet).[1]
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:
Gorgoniidae
()
- Family:
Gorgoniidae
(
- Suborder:
Holaxonia
(
- Order:
Gorgonacea
(
- Subclass:
Alcyonaria
(
- Class:
Anthozoa
(
- Subphylum:
Anthozoa
(
- Phylum:
Cnidaria
(
- Infrakingdom:
Coelenterata
(
- Subkingdom:
Radiata
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 2000-2007
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Eunicella
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 2 species and subspecies in this genus:
E. cavolinii (Yellow Sea Fan) · E. verrucosa (Broad Sea Fan)
More Info
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Further Reading
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- 1994 IUCN red list of threatened animals Gland, Switzerland: IUCN, 1993 url p. 117.
- Carotenoids, their comparative biochemistry. New York, Chemical Pub. Co., 1954. url p. 156, p. 332.
- Current bibliography for aquatic sciences and fisheries. London, Taylor & Francis ltd. url p. 767.
- Descriptive and illustrated catalogue of the physiological series of comparative anatomy contained in the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. London, Taylor [and] Francis (pr.)1900-1902. url p. 12.
- Insects and other invertebrates as candidates for the Bern Convention IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre url p. 305.
- International catalogue of scientific literature. LondonPublished for the International Council by the Royal Society of London1901-1920 url p. 10, p. 19, p. 7.
- Invertebrates in need of special protection in Europe Council of Europe url p. 141.
- Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. Cambridge [etc.]Cambridge University Press [etc.] url p. 169.
- Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society. Oxford [etc.]Royal Microscopical Society. url p. 177.
- Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Washington, Biological Society of Washington url p. 612, p. 922, p. 924.
- Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London. London, Published for the Linnean Society of London by Academic Press [etc.], 1848-1968. url p. 4.
- The Alcyonaria of the western part of the Atlantic ocean / by Elisabeth Deichmann. 53 1936 Cambridge, U.S.A.: Printed for the Museum, 1936. url p. 92.
- The IUCN Invertebrate Red Data Book IUCN url p. 22, p. 23, p. 23, p. 31, p. 48, p. 622.
- The biology of marine animals. New York, Interscience Publishers[1960] url p. 492, p. 690.
Notes
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Contributors
- 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 & 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 10, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 05, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 4 providers.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- 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
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. Eunicella verrucosa. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 01February2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 05, 2008:
- European Environment Agency: EUNIS
- 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: BioMar
- 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
- National Museum of Natural History: NMNH Invertebrate Zoology Collections
- Senckenberg: Collection Cnidaria
- UK National Biodiversity Network: Marine Biological Association - Marine Life Survey Data (collected by volunteers) collated by MarLIN
- UK National Biodiversity Network: Marine Conservation Society - Seasearch Marine Surveys
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2567191
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: URM-Cn-2109
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 2279155
- IUCN ID: 208892
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 5059
Footnotes
- Mean = 28.700 meters (94.160 feet), Standard Deviation = 45.750 based on 128,798 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
