Species Anthemiphyllia dentata (Alcock, 1902)

Anthemiphyllia dentata, upper and lower surfaces, and side view of skeleton.

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Museums

Regional Maps

• Discotrochus dentatus Alcock, A. 1902. Diagnoses and descriptions of new species of corals from the Siboga expedition. Tijdschrift der Nederlandsche Dierkundige Vereeniging 2 7: 89–115.

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ZMA Coel. 716-718, Sulu Sea - 350-522 m.
• Discotrochus investigatoris Alcock, A. 1893. On some newly-recorded corals from the Indian seas. The Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 62(2): 138–149 [142, pl. 5, figs. 5, 5a].
• Anthemiphyllia dentatus Yabe, H. & Eguchi, M. 1941. Simple corals from the Sumagui formation in the Philippines Islands. Proceedings of the Imperial Academy of Japan 17(48): 210-215.

Generic Combinations

• Anthemiphyllia dentata (Alcock, 1902).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Also reported from: Japan, South China Sea, Maldives, Arabian Sea, Saya de Malha, Philippines, Indonesia, New Caledonia, Wallis and Futuna, Vanuatu, Mariana Islands and New Zealand

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Solitary, free, azooxanthellate. Depth range: 50-1050 m.

General References

Cairns, S.D. 1998. Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 18: 361–417 [368]

Cairns, S.D. 2004. The Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) of Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 56(3): 259–329 [275]

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