Madrepora oculata Linnaeus 1758

Madrepora oculata Linnaeus, 1758 Madrepora oculata Linnaeus, 1758: 798. — Cairns, 1982: 15, pl. 3, figs. 4–6 (synonymy and South American records). New Record. —off Valdivia (39°59'S; 73°43'W), between 2000 and 2500 m, collected in 1994, IZUA­CNI­0009. Remarks. —This is one of the approxim...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Cairns, Stephen D., Häussermann, Verena, Försterra, Günter
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Published: 2005
Subjects:
Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Scleractinia
Oculinidae
Madrepora
Madrepora oculata
Drake Passage
Online Access:https://zenodo.org/record/5049428
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5049428
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Summary:Madrepora oculata Linnaeus, 1758 Madrepora oculata Linnaeus, 1758: 798. — Cairns, 1982: 15, pl. 3, figs. 4–6 (synonymy and South American records). New Record. —off Valdivia (39°59'S; 73°43'W), between 2000 and 2500 m, collected in 1994, IZUA­CNI­0009. Remarks. —This is one of the approximately dozen cosmopolitan species of deepwater scleractinian corals; however, only one specimen is known from off Chile. It was also reported from the Drake Passage by Cairns (1982). Published as part of Cairns, Stephen D., Häussermann, Verena & Försterra, Günter, 2005, A review of the Scleractinia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) of Chile, with the description of two new species, pp. 15-46 in Zootaxa 1018 (1) on page 23, DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.1018.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/5049374

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