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Cairns, Stephen
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Smithsonian Institution; National Museum of Natural History; Department of Invertebrate Zoology (IZ), more

Function: Chair & Research Zoologist
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WoRMS Editorial Board (WoRMS editors), more

Cairns, S.D. (2004). Data from: The Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) of Australia. Southwestern OBIS, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA), Wellington, New Zealand, 892 records, Online http://nzobisipt.niwa.co.nz/resource.do?r=cairns2004corals released on May 6, 2015., more
Cairns, S.D. 1999. Cnidaria Anthozoa: Deep-water azooxanthellate Scleractinia from Vanuatu, and Wallis and Futuna Islands. Southwestern OBIS, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA), Wellington, New Zealand, 1056 records, Online http://nzobisipt.niwa.co.nz/resource.do?r=cairns1999corals released on May 2, 2015., more
Cairns, S.D., and Zibrowius, H. (1997). Data from: Cnidaria Anthozoa: Azooxanthellate Scleractinia from the Philippine and Indonesian regions. Southwestern Pacific OBIS, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA), Wellington, New Zealand, 1396 records, Online http://nzobisipt.niwa.co.nz/resource.do?r=cairns1997corals released on May 1, 2015., more
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2024). World List of Scleractinia. Accessed at https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia on yyyy-mm-dd, more

A1 Publications (7) [show]
Vaga, C.F.; Galvao de Lossio e Seiblitz, I.; Cruz Capel, K.C.; Quattrini, A.M.; Stolarski, J.; Cairns, S.D.; Kitahara, M.V. (2024). Untangling deep‐sea corals systematics: Description of a new family, Stephanocyathidae (Anthozoa, Scleractinia), through a genomic approach. Zoologica Scri. 53(4): 473-486. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12657, more Salinas-de-Leon, P.; Marti Puig, P.; Buglass, S.; Arnés-Urgellés, C.; Rastoin-Laplane, E.; Creemers, M.; Cairns, S.D.; Fisher, C.; O'Hara, T.D.; Ott, B.; Raineault, N.A.; Reiswig, H.; Rouse, G.; Rowley, S.J.; Shank, T.M.; Suarez, J.; Watling, L.; Wicksten, M.K.; Marsh, L. (2020). Characterization of deep-sea benthic invertebrate megafauna of the Galapagos Islands. NPG Scientific Reports 10(1): 13894. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-70744-1, more Cordeiro, T.S.; Cairns, S.D.; Pérez, C.D. (2017). A revision of the genus Radicipes Stearns, 1883 (Anthozoa: Octocorallia: Chrysogorgiidae). Zootaxa 4319(1): 1-26. https://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4319.1.1, more Madin, J.S.; Anderson, K.D.; Andreasen, M.H.; Bridge, T.C.L.; Cairns, S.D.; Connolly, S.R.; Darling, E.S.; Diaz, M.; Falster, D.S.; Franklin, E.C.; Gates, R.D.; Hoogenboom, M.O.; Huang, D.; Keith, S.A.; Kosnik, M.A.; Kuo, C.-Y.; Lough, J.M.; Lovelock, C.E.; Luiz, O.; Martinelli, J.; Mizerek, T.; Pandolfi, J.M.; Pochon, X.; Pratchett, M.S.; Putnam, H.M.; Roberts, T.E.; Stat, M.; Wallace, C.C.; Widman, E.; Baird, A.H. (2016). The Coral Trait Database, a curated database of trait information for coral species from the global oceans. Scientific Data 3: 160017. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2016.17, more Appeltans, W.; Ahyong, S.T.; Anderson, G.; Angel, M.V.; Artois, T.; Bailly, N.; Bamber, R.N.; Barber, A.; Bartsch, I.; Berta, A.; Blazewicz-Paszkowycz , M.; Bock, P.; Boxshall, G.; Boyko, C.B.; Nunes Brandão, S.; Bray, R.A.; Bruce, N.L.; Cairns, S.D.; Chan, T.-Y.; Cheng, L.; Collins, A.G.; Cribb, T.H.; Curini-Galletti, M.; Dahdouh-Guebas, F.; Davie, P.J.F.; Dawson, M.N.; De Clerck, O.; Decock, W.; De Grave, S.; de Voogd, N.J.; Domning, D.P.; Emig, C.C.; Erséus, Ch.; Eschmeyer, W.; Fauchald, K.; Fautin, D.G.; Feist, S.W.; Fransen, C.H.J.M.; Furuya, H.; García-Alvarez, O.; Gerken, S.; Gibson, D.; Gittenberger, A.; Gofas, S.; Gómez-Daglio, L.; Gordon, D.P.; Guiry, M.D.; Hernandez, F.; Hoeksema, B.W.; Hopcroft, R.R.; Jaume, D.; Kirk, P.; Koedam, N.; Koenemann, S.; Kolb, J.B.; Kristensen, R.M.; Kroh, A.; Lambert, G.; Lazarus, D.B.; Lemaitre, R.; Longshaw, M.; Lowry, J.; MacPherson, E.; Madin, L.P.; Mah, C.; Mapstone, G.; McLaughlin, P.A.; Mees, J.; Meland, K.; Messing, C.G.; Mills, C.E.; Molodtsova, T.N.; Mooi, R.; Neuhaus, B.; Ng, P.K.L.; Nielsen, C.; Norenburg, J.; Opresko, D.M.; Osawa, M.; Paulay, G.; Perrin, W.; Pilger, J.F.; Poore, G.C.B.; Pugh, Ph.R.; Read, G.B.; Reimer, J.D.; Rius, M.; Rocha, R.M.; Sáiz Salinas, J.I.; Scarabino, V.; Schierwater, B.; Schmidt-Rhaesa, A.; Schnabel, K.E.; Schotte, M.; Schuchert, P.; Schwabe, E.; Segers, H.; Self-Sullivan, C.; Shenkar, N.; Siegel, V.; Sterrer, W.; Stöhr, S.; Swalla, B.; Tasker, M.L.; Thuesen, E.V.; Timm, T.; Todaro, M.A.; Turon, X.; Tyler, S.; Uetz, P.; van der Land, J.; Vanhoorne, B.; van Ofwegen, L.P.; Van Soest, R.W.M.; Vanaverbeke, J.; Walker-Smith, G.K.; Walter, T.C.; Warren, A.; Williams, G.C.; Wilson, S.P.; Costello, M.J. (2012). The magnitude of global marine species diversity. Curr. Biol. 22(23): 2189-2202. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2012.09.036, more Cairns, S.D. (2011). Global diversity of the Stylasteridae (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Athecatae). PLoS One 6(7): e21670. https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0021670, more Lindner, A.; Cairns, S.D.; Guzman, H.M. (2004). Distichopora robusta sp. nov., the first shallow-water stylasterid (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Stylasteridae) from the tropical eastern Pacific. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 84(5): 943-947. https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0025315404010239h, more
Peer reviewed publications (8) [show]
Cairns, S.D. (2016). The marine fauna of New Zealand: Primnoid octocorals (Anthozoa, Alcyonacea) - Part 2. Primnoella, Callozostron, Metafannyella, Callogorgia, Fanellia and other genera. NIWA Biodiversity Memoir, 129. National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA): Wellington. ISBN 978-0-473-36056-6. 129 pp., more Cairns, S.D. (2015). Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 28. Stylasteridae (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Anthoathecata) of the New Caledonian Region. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (1993), 207. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum: Paris. ISBN 978-2-85653-767-1. 361 + 1 cd-rom pp., more Cairns, S.D. (2011). A revision of the Primnoidae (Octocorallia: Acyonacea) from the Aleutian Islands and Bering Sea. Smithson. Contrib. Zool. 634: 1-55, more Cairns, S.D.; Bayer, F.M. (2009). A generic revision and phylogenetic analysis of the Primnoidae (Cnidaria:Octocorallia). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 629. Smithsonian Institution Press: Washington D.C. 79 pp., more Cairns, S.D. (2001). A generic revision and phylogenetic analysis of the Dendrophylliidae (Cnidaria: Scleractinia). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 615. Smithsonian Institution Press: Washington. iv, 75 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.615, more Cairns, S.D. (1999). Cnidaria Anthozoa: Deep-water azooxanthellate Scleractinia from Vanuatu, and Wallis and Futuna Islands, in: Crosnier, A. (Ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 20. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie, 180: pp. 31-167, more Cairns, S.D.; Zibrowius, H. (1997). Cnidaria Anthozoa: Azooxanthellate Scleractinia from the Philippine and Indonesian regions, in: Crosnier, A. et al. (Ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 16. Campagne Franco-Indonésienne KARUBAR. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie, 172: pp. 27-244, more Zibrowius, H.; Cairns, S.D. (1992). Revision of the northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean Stylasteridae (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa). Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie, 153. Éditions du Muséum: Paris. ISBN 2-85653-192-X. 1-136 pp., more
Books (3) [show]
Roberts, J.M.; Wheeler, A.J.; Freiwald, A.; Cairns, S.D. (2009). Cold-water corals: The biology and geology of deep-sea coral habitats. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge. ISBN 978-0-521-88485-3. xvi, 334 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511581588, more Cairns, S.D.; Calder, D.R.; Brinckmann-Voss, A.; Castro, C.B.; Fautin, D.G.; Pugh, P.R.; Mills, C.E.; Jaap, W.C.; Arai, M.N.; Haddock, S.H.D.; Opresko, D.M. (2002). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Cnidaria and Ctenophora. Second edition. Special Publication. American Fisheries Society, 28. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda. ISBN 1-888569-39-5. 115 + CD-Rom pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.47886/9781888569643, more Cairns, S.D.; Calder, D.R.; Brinckmann-Voss, A.; Castro, C.B.; Pugh, P.R.; Cutress, C.E.; Jaap, W.C.; Fautin, D.G.; Larson, R.J.; Harbison, G.R.; Arai, M.N.; Opresko, D.M. (1991). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Cnidaria and Ctenophora. Special Publication. American Fisheries Society, 22. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda. ISBN 0-913235-74-1. VII, 75 pp., more
Book chapters (4) [show]
Bax, N.N.; Cairns, S.D. (2014). Stylasteridae (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa), in: De Broyer, C. et al. (Ed.) Biogeographic Atlas of the Southern Ocean. pp. 107-112, more Cairns, S.D.; Chapman, R.E. (2001). Biogeographic affinities of the North Atlantic deep-water Scleractinia, in: Willison, J.H.M. et al. (Ed.) Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Deep-Sea Corals, July 30 to August 2, 2000, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Marine Issues Committee Special Publication, 10: pp. 30-57, more Cairns, S.D.; Hoeksema, B.W.; van der Land, J. (2001). Scleractinia, in: Costello, M.J. et al. European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 109-110, more van der Land, J.; Vervoort, W.; Cairns, S.D.; Schuchert, P. (2001). Hydrozoa, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 112-120, more
Reports (2) [show]
Etnoyer, P.J.; Cairns, S.D. (2017). Deep-sea coral taxa in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico: depth and geographical distribution. NOAA: Charleston. 12 pp., more Parrish, F.A.; Baco-Taylor, A.R.; Kelley, C.; Cairns, S.D.; Hourigan, T.F. (2017). Deep-sea coral taxa in the Hawaiian Archipelago and other U.S. Pacific Islands: depth and geographical distribution. NOAA: Charleston. 13 pp., more

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