WoRMS taxon details

Stichopathes luetkeni Brook, 1889

Stichopathes lutkeni, 50-75 m Flower Garden Banks, Gulf of Mexico. Photograph courtesy of NOAA-FGBNMS/UNCW-UVP. Identifications by D. Opresko. Note that colonies in the Caribbean often have a reddish coloration, whereas those from the Flower Garden Banks are more often orange to cream-colored. For more information see: Opresko DM, Nuttall MF, Hickerson EL (2016). Black corals of the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary. Gulf of Mexico Science 2016(1): 47-67.

1287835  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1287835)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Anthozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Hexacorallia (Class)
  6. Antipatharia (Order)
  7. Antipathidae (Family)
  8. Stichopathes (Genus)
  9. Stichopathes luetkeni (Species)
accepted
Species
Cirrhipathes lutkeni (Brook, 1889) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Stichopathes (Cirrhipathes) lutkeni Brook, 1889 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Stichopathes lütkeni Brook, 1889 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect original spelling (name published with a diacritic...)  
name published with a diacritic or other mark
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Not documented
Type locality contained in West Indies  
type locality contained in West Indies [details]
Molodtsova, T.; Opresko, D. (2025). World List of Antipatharia. Stichopathes luetkeni Brook, 1889. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1287835 on 2025-04-04
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Molodtsova, Tina

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Nomenclature

original description (of Stichopathes lütkeni Brook, 1889) Brook, G. (1889). Report on the Antipatharia collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 32 (part 80): i-iii,1-222, pl. 1-15., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-80/README.htm
page(s): 94; Pl. XII (28, 28a) [details] 

Other

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Echeverría, C. A. (2002). Black corals (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Antipatharia): first records and a new species from the Brazilian coast. <em>Revista de biología tropical.</em> 50(3-4), 1067-1077., available online at https://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?pid=S0034-77442002000300024&script=sci_arttext
page(s): 1068, 1071, 1072 [details] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Nontype (of Stichopathes lütkeni Brook, 1889) USNM 74835, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
From editor or global species database
Original Combination original name Stichopathes lütkeni [details]
    Definitions

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LanguageName 
English wire coralspiraling wire coralblack wire coral  [details]
German Spiralige Drahtkoralle  [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Stichopathes lütkeni Brook, 1889)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Stichopathes luetkeni) 
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 28 proteins) (from synonym Cirrhipathes lutkeni (Brook, 1889))
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 28 proteins) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ 2691 Photo Slide) (from synonym Stichopathes lütkeni Brook, 1889)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ 3046 Photo Slide) (from synonym Stichopathes lütkeni Brook, 1889)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (10 records) (from synonym Stichopathes lütkeni Brook, 1889)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (12 records) (from synonym Stichopathes lütkeni Brook, 1889)
From editor or global species database
Stichopathes lutkeni, 50-75 m Flower Garden Banks, Gulf of Mexico. Photograph courtesy of NOAA-FGBNMS/UNCW-UVP. Identifications by D. Opresko. Note that colonies in the Caribbean often have a reddish coloration, whereas those from the Flower Garden Banks are more often orange to cream-colored. For more information see: Opresko DM, Nuttall MF, Hickerson EL (2016). Black corals of the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary. Gulf of Mexico Science 2016(1): 47-67.
Image from synonym
Unreviewed
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ 2691 Photo Slide)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ 2691 Photo Slide)
Hosted externally, from synonym
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ 3046 Photo Slide)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ 3046 Photo Slide)
Hosted externally, from synonym

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