Description
Geographic Information
Habitat description:
Benthic, soft sediment.
Additional Information
Consulting taxonomist:
Emily Dolan, DEEPSEAS group, National Oceanographic Centre, Southampton.
Taxonomist assessment:
July 2007.
References
Encyclopedia of LifeTree of Life
World Register of Marine Species
National Center for Biotechnology Information
Pasternak, F.A. (1960). The deep-sea Pennatularia from the Bering Sea and Kuril-Kamtschatka Trench. Trudy Instituta Okeanologii, Akademiya Nauk SSSR, 34: 329-335.
Pasternak, F.A. (1970). Sea pens (Octocorallia, Pennatularia) of the hadal zone of the Kurile-Kamtaschatka Trench. Trudy Instituta Okeanologii, Akademiya Nauk SSSR, 86: 236-248.
Citation:
Kophobelemnon macrospinosum
(Thompson, 1927) Deep-Sea Guide (DSG) at http://dsg/mbari.org/dsg/view/concept/Kophobelemnon%20macrospinosum. Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI). Consulted on 2024-11-22.