Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Cnidaria > Subphylum Anthozoa > Class Hexacorallia > Order Antipatharia > Family Myriopathidae > Genus Tanacetipathes

Tanacetipathes spinescens (Gray, 1857)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Tanacetipathes*	Opresko, 2001	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Antipathes spinescens*	Gray, 1857	synonym; comb. ined.

Literature

basis of record	D.M.Opresko and J. van der Land (eds), update 10-2007, as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms
additional source	Pérez, C. D.; Costa, D. L.; Opresko, D. M. (2005). A new species of Tanacetipathes from Brazil, with a redescription of the type species T. tanacetum (Pourtalès) (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Antipatharia). Zootaxa. 890: 1-12.
additional source	Opresko, D.M., 2001. New Species of antipatharians (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) from Madeira, with establishment of new genus.— Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 114 (2): 349-358.
additional source	Opresko, D.M. 2001. Revision of the Antipatharia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa). Part I. Establishment of a new family, Myriopathidae. Zool. Med. Leiden 75 (17): 343-370

Genbank

Citation

Molodtsova, T.; Opresko, D. (2025). World List of Antipatharia. Tanacetipathes spinescens (Gray, 1857). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:291178