Galapagos Species Database
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Paracalyptrophora kerberti
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Cnidaria
Class
Anthozoa
Order
Alcyonacea
Suborder
Calcaxonia
Family
Primnoidae
Genus
Paracalyptrophora
Species
kerberti
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Calyptrophora (Paracalyptrophora) kerberti Versluys, 1906, Calyptrophora kerberti Versluys, 1906 (Ahyong, S., et al., 2023).
Origin: Native
Distribution: (Calyptrophora kerberti) Southwestern Pacific Ocean, Galapagos, Japan, Hawaii, North Atlantic, 150–1480 m deep (Cairns, 2018).
- Ahyong, S. Boyko, C.B., Bailly, N., Bernot, J., Bieler, R, ... Williams, D.M., Williams, G., Wilson, R., Witkowski, J., Wyatt, N., Wylezich, C., Xavier, J., Xu, K., Zanol, J., Zeidler, W., Zhao, Z., Zullini, A. (2023) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
- Cairns, S.D. (2018) Deep-Water Octocorals (Cnidaria, Anthozoa). from the Galápagos and Cocos Islands. Part 1: Suborder Calcaxonia. ZooKeys 729: 1–46. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.729.21779
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"Galapagos Species Database, Paracalyptrophora kerberti", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=25007. Accessed 8 June 2026.