Black corals (Anthozoa: Antipatharia) from the deep (916 m–2542 m) Coral Sea, north-eastern Australia
Citation
Horowitz J (2023). Black corals (Anthozoa: Antipatharia) from the deep (916 m–2542 m) Coral Sea, north-eastern Australia. CSIRO National Collections and Marine Infrastructure (NCMI) Information and Data Centre (IDC). Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4472.2.5 accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-08-17.Description
Twenty one specimens collected on CIDARIS expeditions I–III between 1986 and 1992, housed in the collections of the Museum of Tropical Queensland (MTQ) were examined and identified to the species level based on corallum and skeletal spine attributes as defined in the literature.
The 21 specimens examined represented five nominal species (Bathypathes patula, Schizopathes affinis, Abyssopathes lyriformis, Parantipathes cf. hirondelle, and Heteropathes cf. americana) from five genera and two families. All five species represented new species ranges for the western Coral Sea. The occurrences of these species expand their known geographic ranges from 1,000 km to > 15,000 km, and the known bathymetric ranges for some species by up to ~1,000 m
Taxonomic Coverages
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Antipathariacommon name: Black corals rank: order
Geographic Coverages
Coral Sea
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Jeremy Horowitzoriginator
position: Principal Investigator
James Cook University
Townsville
Queensland
AU
email: jeremy.horowitz@my.jcu.edu.au
Jeremy Horowitz
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position: Principal Investigator
James Cook University
Townsville
Queensland
AU
email: jeremy.horowitz@my.jcu.edu.au
OBIS Australia Node manager
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CSIRO National Collections and Marine Infrastructure Data Centre
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Jeremy Horowitz
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position: Principal Investigator
James Cook University
Townsville
Queensland
AU
email: jeremy.horowitz@my.jcu.edu.au