Species Anthemiphyllia multidentata Cairns, 1999

Museums

Regional Maps

• Anthemiphyllia multidentata 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, figs 3a, b].

  Type data:

   Holotype USNM 83010, off Cronulla (NSW).
  Paratype(s) USNM 78611 1 paratype, Queensland [26°32'S / 15324855'E - depth unknown]; USNM 78609 2 paratypes, Queensland [26°27'S / 153°50'E - 270-272 m]; SAMA H500-501 3 paratypes, northeastern Tasmania [41°03'S / 148°42'E - 128m]; NMV F57153 1 paratype, northeastern Tasmania [39°02.0'S / 148°36.5'E - 256 m].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Solitary, azooxanthellate, free.

General References

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

Faurot, L. 1895. Etudes sur l'anatomie, l'histologie et le developpement des actinies. Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale 3: 43–262 (Cairns, Hoeksema & Van der Land , 1999 :Source Reference)

History of changes