Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Cnidaria > Class Anthozoa > Subclass Hexacorallia > Order Antipatharia > Family Aphanipathidae > Subfamily Acanthopathinae > Genus Elatopathes

Elatopathes abietina (Pourtalès, 1874)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Elatopathes*	Opresko, 2004	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Aphanipathes abietina*	(Pourtalès, 1874)	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	Opresko, D. M. 2009. Antipatharia (Cnidaria) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 359–363 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
new combination reference	Opresko D.M. 2004.Revision of the Antipatharia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa). Part IV. Establishment of a new family, Aphanipathidae.Zool. Med. Leiden 78 (11): 209-240

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection
GenBank (4 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Molodtsova, T. (2014). Elatopathes abietina (Pourtalès, 1874). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:289886