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Appendix 1. Classification of the Deep-sea CoralsA list of 48 families of hexacorals, octocorals, and calcified hydroids with species known to occurdeeper than 200m. Common names are in parentheses.Phylum Cnidaria (=Coelenterata)Class HydrozoaSubclass AthecataeOrder FiliferaFamily StylasteridaeClass AnthozoaSubclass Alcyonaria (=Octocorallia)Order AlcyonaceaFamily ClavulariidaeFamily AlcyoniidaeFamily NephtheidaeOrder Gorgonacea *Family AnthothelidaeFamily ParagorgiidaeFamily CoralliidaeFamily KeroeididaeFamily AcanthogorgiidaeFamily PlexauridaeFamily GorgoniidaeFamily EllisellidaeFamily DendrobrachiidaeFamily ChrysogorgiidaeFamily PrimnoidaeFamily IsididaeOrder PennatulaceaFamily VeretillidaeFamily EchinoptilidaeFamily KophobelemnidaeFamily AnthoptilidaeFamily FuniculinidaeFamily ProtoptilidaeFamily StachyptilidaeFamily ScleroptilidaeFamily ChunellidaeFamily UmbellulidaeFamily HalipteridaeFamily VirgulariidaeFamily Pennatulidae(hydrocorals, lace corals)(octocorals)(gorgonians)(bubblegum corals)(precious corals)(golden corals)(bamboo corals)(sea pens)45
Appendix 1. Classification of the Deep-sea Corals (cont.)Subclass Zoantharia (=Hexacorallia)Order Zoanthidea(zoanthids)Family Parazoanthidae e.g., Gerardia (gold corals)Order Antipatharia(black corals, wire corals)Family AntipathidaeFamily CladopathidaeFamily SchizopathidaeFamily LeiopathidaeFamily MyriopathidaeFamily AphanopathidaeOrder Scleractinia(stony corals)Family Caryophylliidae e.g., LopheliaFamily Dendrophylliidae e.g., EnallopsammiaFamily Flabellidae e.g., FlabellumFamily Turbinoliidae e.g., SphenotrochusFamily Rhizangiidae e.g., AstrangiaFamily Fungiacyathidae e.g., FungiacyathusFamily Oculinidae e.g., MadreporaFamily Micrabaciidae e.g., StephanophylliaFamily Pocilloporidae e.g., MadracisFamily Guyniidae e.g., GuyniaFamily Anthemiphylliidae e.g., AnthemiphylliaFamily Gardineriidae e.g., Gardineria*Not all Taxonomists recognize the Order Gorgonacea, some believe there is a continuous variation fromthe Alcyonacea through the Gorgonacea46
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Page 8 and 9: Deep-sea coral habitat and rangeby
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Page 12 and 13: Fig. 9. Examples of deep-water cora
Page 14 and 15: Sclerites in octocoralsby Stephen D
Page 16 and 17: Ahermatypic scleractinians of the w
Page 18 and 19: Reproduction in deep-sea colonial c
Page 20 and 21: Although the focus of this chapter
Page 22 and 23: Genetic methods for species identif
Page 24 and 25: Handling procedures adopted by the
Page 26 and 27: Specimen deterioration. We have see
Page 28 and 29: Documenting deep-sea coral collecti
Page 30 and 31: Video protocol (cont.)Video transec
Page 32 and 33: John Reed's August 22 article on St
Page 34 and 35: CollectingThere is a broad range of
Page 36 and 37: Tissue preservationa. Do not let sp
Page 38 and 39: Some preservation techniques for (d
Page 40 and 41: LabelingThe significance of proper
Page 42 and 43: References and further readingAbbia
Page 44 and 45: Etnoyer, P., and L. Morgan. 2005. H
Page 46 and 47: McFadden, C.S., and M.B. Hutchinson
Page 48 and 49: Van Oppen, M.J.H., B.L. Willis, and
Page 52 and 53: Appendix 2. Deep-sea coral Panel of
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