Overview
Distribution
European waters (ERMS scope), Mediterranean Sea, North West Atlantic, West North Atlantic
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UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=1318
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Watling, L., P. Auster (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. Proceedings of the Second Deep-Sea Coral Symposium, Erlangen, Germany, September 2003. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, pp 279-296.
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=5867
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van Ofwegen, L.; Grasshoff, M.; van der Land, J. (2001). Octocorallia (excl. Pennatulacea), in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 104-105
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=1420
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Physical Description
Type Information
Holotype for Narella laxa Deichmann, 1936
Catalog Number: USNM 11853
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Invertebrate Zoology
Preparation: Dry
Collector(s): United States Fish Commission
Year Collected: 1885
Locality: Georges Bank, South Of, Massachusetts, United States, North Atlantic Ocean
Depth (m): 3186 to 3186
Vessel: Albatross R/V
Catalog Number: USNM 11853
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Invertebrate Zoology
Preparation: Dry
Collector(s): United States Fish Commission
Year Collected: 1885
Locality: Georges Bank, South Of, Massachusetts, United States, North Atlantic Ocean
Depth (m): 3186 to 3186
Vessel: Albatross R/V
- Holotype: Deichmann, E. 1936. Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harv. 53: 170, pl.26, fig.1.; Cairns, S. D. & Bayer, F. M. 2009. A Generic Revision and Phylogenetic Analysis of the Primnoidae (Cnidaria: Octocorallia). Smithson. Contrib. Zool. 629: iv + 79.
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Ecology
Habitat
abyssal
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UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=1318
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Depth range based on 2 specimens in 1 taxon.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 2 samples.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 3186 - 3186
Temperature range (°C): 2.591 - 2.591
Nitrate (umol/L): 18.239 - 18.239
Salinity (PPS): 34.931 - 34.931
Oxygen (ml/l): 6.326 - 6.326
Phosphate (umol/l): 1.137 - 1.137
Silicate (umol/l): 20.285 - 20.285
Note: this information has not been validated. Check this *note*. Your feedback is most welcome.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 2 samples.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 3186 - 3186
Temperature range (°C): 2.591 - 2.591
Nitrate (umol/L): 18.239 - 18.239
Salinity (PPS): 34.931 - 34.931
Oxygen (ml/l): 6.326 - 6.326
Phosphate (umol/l): 1.137 - 1.137
Silicate (umol/l): 20.285 - 20.285
Note: this information has not been validated. Check this *note*. Your feedback is most welcome.
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