Species Anthemiphyllia pacifica Vaughan, 1907
Anthemiphyllia pacifica, upper surface and side view of skeleton.
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Species Anthemiphyllia pacifica Vaughan, 1907
Compiler and date details
31-Aug-2010 - Marcelo V. Kitahara
- Anthemiphyllia pacifica Vaughan, T.W. 1907. Recent Madreporaria of the Hawaiian Islands and Laysan. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 59: 1-427 [79-80, pl. 7, fig. 5].
Type data:
Holotype USNM 20765, off Molokai - Hawaiian Islands [21°01'25''N / 156°47'20''W - 225-252 m].Type locality references:
Cairns, S.D. 1991a. Catalog of the type specimens of stony corals (Milleporidae, Stylasteridae, Scleractinia) in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 514: 1–59; Cairns, S.D. 2004. The Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) of Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 56(3): 259–329 [275].
Distribution
States
New South Wales
Extra Distribution Information
The New South Wales record is from the Taupo seamount (33°20.4'S / 156°07'E - 336-342 m)
Distribution References
- Cairns, S.D. 1995. The marine fauna of New Zealand: Scleractinia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa). New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 103: 1–210, 44 pls, 22 maps [41-42] (in part: NZOI stations K842 and K 872)
- Cairns, S.D. 1999. Cnidaria Anthozoa: deep-water azooxanthellate Scleractinia from Vanuatu, and Wallis and Futuna Islands. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] 180: 31–167 [65-66]
- Cairns, S.D. 2004. The Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) of Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 56(3): 259–329 [275]
- Vaughan, T.W. 1907. Recent Madreporaria of the Hawaiian Islands and Laysan. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 59: 1-427 [79-80]
Ecological Descriptors
Marine.
Extra Ecological Information
Solitary, azooxanthellate, fixed
General References
Cairns, S.D. 1999. Cnidaria Anthozoa: deep-water azooxanthellate Scleractinia from Vanuatu, and Wallis and Futuna Islands. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] 180: 31–167 [65-66, fi.. 2g, h]
Cairns, S.D. 2004. The Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) of Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 56(3): 259–329 [275]
History of changes
Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05-Aug-2022 | FAVIINA Vaughan & Wells, 1943 | 13-Aug-2013 | MOVED | Dr Carden Wallace |
| 05-Aug-2022 | 28-Jul-2010 | MODIFIED | ||
| 13-Jul-2010 | MODIFIED |