Genus Aulactinia Agassiz in Verrill, 1864

Museums

Regional Maps

• Aulactinia Agassiz, A. in Verrill, A.E. 1864. List of the polyps and corals sent by the Museum of Comparative Zoology to other institutions in exchange, with annotations. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 3: 29–60 [57].

  Type species:

   Aulactinia capitata Agassiz in Verrill, 1864 by monotypy.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Province (31), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Other Regions

Australian Antarctic Territory

Diagnosis

Pedal disc well developed, capable of distension. Column elongated, moderately contractile, the uppermost one in each row situated just below the tentacles, larger than the others, and lobed. Foreign material often attached to verrucae, wall near the margin thickened into a fold. Tentacles numerous, simple, short, subequal, well developed. Mesenteries well developed, much narrower near the base, thickened above with strong longitudinal muscles, which serve to contract the disc and tentacles; ovaries attached to the upper mesenteries. Marginal pseudospherules may be present. Cnidom: spirocysts, basitrichs, microbasic p-mastigophores.

General References

Fautin, D.G. 2011. Hexacorallians of the World. http://geoportal.kgs.ku.edu/hexacoral/anemone2/index.cfm

History of changes