Desmophyllum dianthus (Esper, 1794)

Schejter, L., Genzano, G., Pérez, C. D., Acuña, F., Cordeiro, R. T. S., Silva, R. A., Garese, A. & Bremec, C. S., 2020, Checklist of Benthic Cnidaria in the SW Atlantic Ocean (54 ºS- 56 ºS), Zootaxa 4878 (2), pp. 201-239 : 217-218

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4878.2.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:F930E674-DDA9-4EC9-B0E9-3891B239C6CF
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4570998
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E087D9-FFE5-FFA0-FF51-F95EFDB2C4F3
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Desmophyllum dianthus (Esper, 1794)
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Desmophyllum dianthus (Esper, 1794) View in CoL

Material examined: BBB 2016: St. 18; St. 21. PD BB 2017: St. 10 (MACN-In: 41686, 41687, 41688, 41689, 41690).

Distribution: Cosmopolitan. In the southern hemisphere it was recorded in Australia, New Zealand, Chile, Drake Passage and off South Georgias Islands ( Cairns 1990), Atlantic Ocean reaching 42º S in deep waters ( Cairns & Polonio 2013; Schejter et al. 2015).

Remarks: Associations with other organisms are described in Schejter & Bremec (2019) and also, these authors

recorded the species for the first time at MPA Namuncurá II.

Family Flabellidae Bourne, 1905