Species Chromonephthea aurantiaca (Verrill, 1865)
- Nephthea aurantiaca Verrill, A.E. 1865. Synopsis of the polyps and corals of the North Pacific Exploring Expedition, under Commodore C Ringgold and Captain John Rodgers, U.S.N., from 1853 to 1856. Collected by D. Proceedings of the Essex Institute Salem 4: 181-196 [191].
Type data:
Holotype MCZ 4208 one colony in alcohol (old number MCZ 404), North Pacific Explor. Exped., North China Sea.
Introduction
May represent a different species, possibly Chromonephthea frondosa van Ofwegen 2005, see van Ofwegen (2005) for further information.
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Recorded from Shark Bay, WA, and Thursday Island, Torres Strait, QLD, but these records may represent a different species, see Introduction.
IMCRA
Northern Shelf Province (25), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Hard bottom, marine, sessile.
General References
Broch, H. 1916. Alcyonarien. pp. 1-48 in Broch, H. Results of Dr. E. J Mjöbergs Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910-1913. Kongelige Svenska Vetenskaps Akademiens nya Handlingar 52(11)
Ofwegen, L.P. van 2005. A new genus of nephtheid soft corals (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea: Nephtheidae) from the Indo-Pacific. Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 79(4): 1-236 [25]
History of changes
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| 05-Aug-2022 | ANTHOZOA | 11-Aug-2021 | MODIFIED | |
| 05-Aug-2022 | OCTOCORALLIA Haeckel, 1866 | 13-Aug-2013 | ADDED | Dr Phil Alderslade |
| 05-Aug-2022 | 24-Nov-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 05-Aug-2022 | 24-Nov-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
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