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

Stichopathes occidentalis Gray, 1860

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Stichopathes*	Brook, 1889	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Antipathes (Cirripathes) setacea occidentalis*	Gray, 1860	synonym
*Stichopathes setacea occidentalis*	Gray, 1860	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	Roule L. (1902). Notice preliminaire sur les Antipathaires provenant des collections du Prince de Monaco. Roule, L. (1902). Notice préliminaire sur les Antipathaires provenant des collections du Prince du Monaco. Mémoires de la Société zoologique de France. 15: 228-239.
additional source	Roule, L. (1905). Description des antipathaires et cérianthaires recueillis par S.A.S. le Prince de Monaco dans l'Atlantique nord (1886-1902). Résultats des Campagnes Scientifiques Accomplies sur son Yacht par Albert I Prince Souverain de Monaco. XXX: 1-96.
additional source	Hickson, S. J. (1889). Coelenterata. Zoological Record, 26, 1-24
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.
additional source	Opresko, D. M. (1974). A study of the classification of the Antipatharia (Coelenterata:Anthozoa) with re-descriptions of eleven species. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Miami, 193 pp.• Miami, FL.
additional source	Totton, A.K., 1923. Coelenterata. Part III. Antipatharia (and their Cirripede commensals). Nat. Hist. Rep. Br. Antarct. ("Terra Nova") Exped., 1910-1913, 5: 97-120
additional source	Broch, H. (1920). Antipatharia. W. Michaelsen (eds.). L. Friederichsen & CO. Hamburg, volume 3, pp. 18-22
additional source	Gravier, C. (1921). Antipathaires provenant des Campagnes des Yachts Princesse-Alice et Hirondelle II (1903-1913). Résultats des Campagnes Scientifiques Accomplies sur son Yacht par Albert I Prince Souverain de Monaco. 59: 1-28.
new combination reference	Brook, G. (1889). Report on the Antipatharia collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology. 32 (part 80): i-iii,1-222, pl. 1-15.

Genbank

Citation

Molodtsova, T.; Opresko, D. (2025). World List of Antipatharia. Stichopathes occidentalis Gray, 1860. 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:283972