Species Conocyathus gracilis Cairns, 1998
Compiler and date details
14-September-2011 - Marcelo Visentini Kitahara
- Conocyathus gracilis Cairns, S.D. 1998. Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 18: 361–417.
Type data:
Holotype WAM 31–85, off Glomar Shoal, NW of Dampier Archipelago [19°34.5'S / 116°08'E, 101 m].
Paratype(s) WAM (see Griffith & Fromont, 1998); NMNH (see Griffith & Fromont, 1998); MNHP (see Griffith & Fromont, 1998).Type locality references:
Cairns, S.D. 1998. Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 18: 361–417 [388-390]; Griffith, J.K. & Fromont, J. 1998. A catalogue of recent Cnidaria type specimens in the Western Australian Museum of Natural Science, Perth. Records of the Western Australian Museum 19: 223–239.
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Western Australia
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 [83] (in part: USNM 80852, 80851)
- Cairns, S.D. 1998. Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 18: 361–417 [388-390]
- Cairns, S.D. 2004. The Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) of Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 56(3): 259–329 [290]
- Cairns, S.D. & Zibrowius, H. 1997. Cnidaria Anthozoa: azooxanthellate Scleractinia from the Philippine and Indonesian regions. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] 172: 27–243 [140–141] (identified as C. zelandiae)
- Folkeson, F. 1919. Results of Dr. E. Mjöbergs Swedish scientific expeditions to Australia 1910–1913. Part 22: Madreporaria. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Academiens Nya Handlingar, Stockholm 59(1): 1–23 [14] (identified as Trematotrochus zelandiae)
- Wells, J.W. 1964. Ahermatypic corals from Queensland. Queensland : University of Queensland Press Vol. 6 pp. 107-121. [113-114] (identified as C. zelandiae (in part: Western Australian specimens))
Ecological Descriptors
Marine.
Extra Ecological Information
Solitary, azooxanthellate, free
General References
Cairns, S.D. 1998. Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 18: 361–417
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19-Oct-2024 | HEXACORALLIA Haeckel, 1896 | 19-Oct-2024 | MOVED | |
| 05-Aug-2022 | CARYOPHYLLIINA | 13-Aug-2013 | MOVED | Dr Carden Wallace |
| 05-Aug-2022 | 28-Jul-2010 | MODIFIED | ||
| 13-Jul-2010 | MODIFIED |