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Keratoisis flexibilis (Pourtalès, 1868)

125375 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125375)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia
  3. Cnidaria
  4. Anthozoa
  5. Octocorallia
  6. Scleralcyonacea
  7. Keratoisididae
  8. Keratoisis
  9. Keratoisis flexibilis
accepted
Species
Keratoisis Wright, 1869
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of ) Pourtalès, L.F. de. (1868). Contributions to the fauna of the Gulf Stream at great depths (2d series). <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, in Cambridge.</em> 1(7): 121-142., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6587602
page(s): 132 [details] OpenAccess publication
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Keratoisis flexibilis (Pourtalès, 1868). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125375 on 2026-09-13
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Keratoisis flexibilis (Pourtalès, 1868). Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=125375 on 2026-09-13
Date
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
van Ofwegen, Leen
2020-11-06 14:08:31Z
changed
Cordeiro, Ralf

original description (of ) Pourtalès, L.F. de. (1868). Contributions to the fauna of the Gulf Stream at great depths (2d series). <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, in Cambridge.</em> 1(7): 121-142., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6587602
page(s): 132 [details] OpenAccess publication

context source (Bermuda) Bilewitch, J. P. (2008). Octocoral biodiversity in Bermuda. Unpub. Report, Bermuda Zoological Society, Bermuda, 9 pp. [details] 

context source (Deepsea) Cairns, Stephen (look up in IMIS) [details] 

basis of record van Ofwegen, L.; Grasshoff, M.; van der Land, J. (2001). Octocorallia (excl. Pennatulacea), <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 104-105 (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Cairns, S.D., and Bayer, F.M., 2009. Octocorallia (Cnidaria) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 321–331 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] 

additional source Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V. Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> :59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Watling, L.; Auster, P. (2005). Distribution of deep-water Alcyonacea off the Northeast Coast of the United States. In: Freiwald, A., R.J. Murray, editors. Cold-Water Corals and Ecosystems. <em>Proceedings of the Second Deep-Sea Coral Symposium.</em> 279-296., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-27673-4_13 [details] 
 
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To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Keratoisis flexibilis) 
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 3 proteins) 
To PESI 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (57 records) 
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 005895.CN) 
To ITIS
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