• Flabellum Lesson, M. (ed.) 1831. Voyage Autour du Monde, Exécuté par Ordre du Roi, sur la Corvette de sa Majesté, La Coquille, Pendant les Années 1822, 1823, 1824, et 1825. Zoologie ii Pt 2 Div. 1 ch. XIII. Paris : Bertrand. [Date published 1826–1838].

  Type species:

   Flabellum pavoninum Lesson, 1831 by monotypy.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

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

• Flabellum australe Moseley, M.A. 1881. Part III. On the deep-sea Madreporaria. pp. 127–248 in Moseley, M.A. Report on certain Hydroid, Alcyonarian, and Madreporarian Corals procured during the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger, in the Years 1873-1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 2: 1–248, XXXII pls.

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 1880.11.25.81 Two specimens (Expedition Challenger stn. 163D), off Twofold Bay, New South Wales [33°57'30"S / 151°39'15"E, 219 m.].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Cairns, S.D. 2004. The Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) of Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 56(3): 259–329 [302]

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Flabellum sp. —
  Moseley, H.N. 1876. Preliminary report to Professor Wyville Thomson ... on the true corals dredged by the H.M.S. “Challenger” in deep water between the dates Dec. 30th, 1870 and August 31st, 1875. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London 24: 544–569 [546]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Solitary, azooxanthellate, depth range: 36-915 m.

General References

Cairns, S.D. 2004. The Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) of Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 56(3): 259–329 [302]

Cairns, S.D. & Parker, S.A. 1992. Review of the Recent Scleractinia (Stony Corals) of South Australia, Victoria and Tasmania. Records of the South Australian Museum Monograph Series 3: 1–82, 18 pls, 3 figs, 19 maps [43-45]

Dennant, J. 1906. Madreporaria from the Australian and New Zealand coasts. Transactions and Proceedings and Report of the Royal Society of South Australia 30: 151–165, pl. v-vi [151]

Howchin, W. 1909. Notes on the discovery of a large mass of living coral in Gulf St. Vincent. Transactions and Proceedings and Report of the Royal Society of South Australia 33: 242–252 [245]

Thomson, J.A. & Rennet, N.I. 1931. Alcyonaria, Madreporaria, and Antipatharia. Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-14, Scientific Reports, Series C: Zoology & Botany 9(3): 1-46 [41]

Veron, J.E.N. 1986. Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific. North Ryde, Sydney : Angus & Robertson xii, 644 pp. many unnumbered figures. [603]

History of changes

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

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM 173–83 One specimen, between Shark Bay and Onslow, Western Australia, depth unknown.
  Paratype(s) WAM 170-83 and 260-93 23 specimens, between Shark Bay and Onslow, Western Australia, depth unknown.; WAM 212-92 One specimen (Soela stn. 01/18), [19°32'S / 116°00'E, 144 m.]; WAM 98-83 Five specimens (Soela stn. 02/82/9), [18°33'S / 118°22'E, 150 m.]; USNM 97019 Three specimens (Soela stn. 02/82/9), [18°33'S / 118°22'E, 150 m.]; WAM 609-88 One specimen (Soela stn. 04B/82/74), [18°43'S / 118°17'E, 144 m.]; WAM 62-83 One specimen (Soela stn. 05/82/47), [18°39.3'S / 118°57'E, 128-130 m.]; WAM 12-96 One specimen (Lady Basten stn. LB4(s)), [19°08.4'S / 117°44'E, 112-124 m.]; WAM 27-96 26 specimens (Lady Basten stn. LB5(s)), [18°42.8'S / 118°03.2'E, 150-160 m.]; WAM 23-96 18 specimens (Lady Basten stn. LB5(t)), [18°36.6'S / 118°07'E, 150-160 m.]; WAM 40-96 Six specimens (Lady Basten stn. LB6(s)), [18°06.9'S / 118°56.7'E, 173-193 m.]; WAM 38-96 One specimen (Lady Basten stn. LB6(t)), [18°09.5'S / 118°54.5'E, 173-193 m.]; USNM 96586 One specimen (Lady Basten stn. LB5(s)), [18°42.8'S / 118°03.2'E, 150-160 m.]; USNM 97020 Three specimens (Lady Basten stn. LB5(t)), [18°36.6'S / 118°07'E, 150-160 m.].

  Type locality references:

  Cairns, S.D. 1998. Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 18: 361–417 [393–394]; 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 [232].

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Solitary, azooxanthellate, depth range: 124-430 m.

General References

Cairns, S.D. 2004. The Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) of Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 56(3): 259–329 [303-304]

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 [232]

History of changes

• Flabellum knoxi Ralph, P.M. & Squires, D.F. 1962. The extant scleractinian corals of New Zealand. Zoological Publications of the Victoria University, Wellington 29: 19 pp., 8 pls [14-15].

  Type data:

   Holotype CMNZ One specimen, Chatham Rise, 402-512 m.
  Paratype(s) CMNZ Seven specimens, Chatham Rise, 402-512 m.; MONZ Two specimens, Chatham Rise, 402-512 m.

  Type locality references:

  Ralph, P.M. & Squires, D.F. 1962. The extant scleractinian corals of New Zealand. Zoological Publications of the Victoria University, Wellington 29: 19 pp., 8 pls.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Solitary, azooxanthellate, depth range: 160-1167 m.

General References

Cairns, S.D. 1982. Antarctic and subantarctic Scleractinia. Antarctic Research Series 1 3: 74 [18 pls., 14 maps] [42-44]

Cairns, S.D. 1989. A revision of the ahermatypic Scleractinia of the Philippine Islands and Adjacent Waters, Part 1: Fungiacyathidae, Microbaciidae, Turbinoliinae, Guyniidae and Flabellidae. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 486: 1–136, 42 pls [46]

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 [97-98]

Squires, D.F. 1964. Biological results of the Chatham Island 1954 expedition. Part 6: Scleractinia. New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 29: 31 [11-12, 19-20]

Squires, D.F. & Keyes, I.W. 1967. The marine fauna of New Zealand: scleractinian corals. New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 43: 46 pp., 6 pls [26-27]

Wallace, C.C., Fellegara, I., Muir, P.R. & Harrison, P.L. 2009. The scleractinian corals of Moreton Bay, eastern Australia: high latitude, marginal assemblages with increasing species richness. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum - Nature 54(2): 1–118

History of changes

• Flabellum lamellulosum Alcock, A. 1902. Report on the deep sea Madreporaria of the Siboga expedition. Siboga Expeditie 16a: 1–55.

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMA 1215 One specimen, Kai Islands, Banda Sea [5°28.4'S / 132°02'E, 204 m.].

  Type locality references:

  Alcock, A. 1902. Diagnoses and descriptions of new species of corals from the Siboga expedition. Tijdschrift der Nederlandsche Dierkundige Vereeniging 2 7: 89–115 [105–106].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Western Australia

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Solitary, azooxanthellate, depth range: 187-490 m.

General References

Cairns, S.D. 1989. A revision of the ahermatypic Scleractinia of the Philippine Islands and Adjacent Waters, Part 1: Fungiacyathidae, Microbaciidae, Turbinoliinae, Guyniidae and Flabellidae. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 486: 1–136, 42 pls [52-53]

Cairns, S.D. 1998. Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 18: 361–417 [393-394]

Cairns, S.D. 2004. The Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) of Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 56(3): 259–329 [303]

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 [152-153]

History of changes

• Flabellum magnificum Marenzeller, E. von 1904. Steinkorallen. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer "Valdivia" 1898–1899 3 7: 261–318 [276–277].

  Type data:

   Holotype The holotype is assumed to be lost (Expedition Valdivia stn. 199), off western Sumatra [0°15.5'N / 98°04'E, 470 m.].

  Type locality references:

  Cairns, S.D. 1989. A revision of the ahermatypic Scleractinia of the Philippine Islands and Adjacent Waters, Part 1: Fungiacyathidae, Microbaciidae, Turbinoliinae, Guyniidae and Flabellidae. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 486: 1–136, 42 pls [50–51].

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Solitary, azooxanthellate, free in adult stage, depth range: 225-740 m.

General References

Cairns, S.D. 1989. A revision of the ahermatypic Scleractinia of the Philippine Islands and Adjacent Waters, Part 1: Fungiacyathidae, Microbaciidae, Turbinoliinae, Guyniidae and Flabellidae. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 486: 1–136, 42 pls [50-51]

Cairns, S.D. 1994. Scleractinia of the temperate North Pacific. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 557: 150 pp. [72]

Cairns, S.D. 1998. Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 18: 361–417 [392-393]

Cairns, S.D. 2004. The Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) of Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 56(3): 259–329 [303]

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 [151-152]

Faustino, L.A. 1927. Recent Madreporaria of the Philippine Islands. Monographs of the Bureau of Science. Manila 22: 1–310 [46] (as Flabellum pavoninum (in part): not F. pavoninum Lesson, 1831)

Grygier, M.J. 1991. Additions to the ascothoracidan fauna of Australia and south-east Asia (Crustacea, Maxillopoda): Synagogidae (part), Lauridae and Petrarcidae. Records of the Australian Museum 43: 1–46 [43]

Yabe, H. & Eguchi, M. 1942. Fossil and Recent Flabellum from Japan. Science Reports of the Tôhoku University, 2nd series (Geology) 2 22: 87-103 [89-90] (as Flabellum pavoninum magnificum)

History of changes

• Flabellum (Flabellum) patens Moseley, M.A. 1881. Part III. On the deep-sea Madreporaria. pp. 127–248 in Moseley, M.A. Report on certain Hydroid, Alcyonarian, and Madreporarian Corals procured during the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger, in the Years 1873-1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 2: 1–248, XXXII pls. [172] (in part: pl. 6, fig. 15).

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 1880.11.25.79, off Kai Islands, Banda Sea - 256 m. [5°49'S / 132°14'E].
  Paralectotype(s) BMNH 1880.11.25.79 Three specimens.

  Type locality references:

  Cairns, S.D. 2004. The Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) of Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 56(3): 259–329 [303].

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Solitary, azooxanthellate, depth range: 204-439 m.

General References

Alcock, A. 1902. Report on the deep sea Madreporaria of the Siboga expedition. Siboga Expeditie 16a: 1–55 [30-31] (as Flabellum australe (not Flabellum asutrale Moseley, 1881))

Cairns, S.D. 1989. A revision of the ahermatypic Scleractinia of the Philippine Islands and Adjacent Waters, Part 1: Fungiacyathidae, Microbaciidae, Turbinoliinae, Guyniidae and Flabellidae. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 486: 1–136, 42 pls [51-52]

Cairns, S.D. 1989. Discriminant analysis of Indo-West Pacific Flabellum. Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists 8: 61–68 [67]

Cairns, S.D. 1994. Scleractinia of the temperate North Pacific. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 557: 150 pp. [71-72]

Cairns, S.D. 1998. Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 18: 361–417 [393]

Cairns, S.D. 2004. The Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) of Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 56(3): 259–329 [303]

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 [152]

History of changes

Distribution

States

Queensland

History of changes

• Flabellum coalitum Marenzeller, E. von 1888. Ueber einige Japanische Turbinoliiden. Annalen des Kaiserlich-Königlichen Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 3: 15–22 [48-49].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMW 8196 One specimen, Japan, depth unknown.

  Type locality references:

  Cairns, S.D. 2004. The Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) of Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 56(3): 259–329 [303].

Distribution

States

Queensland

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Solitary, azooxanthellate, depth range: 73-665 m.

General References

Cairns, S.D. 1989. A revision of the ahermatypic Scleractinia of the Philippine Islands and Adjacent Waters, Part 1: Fungiacyathidae, Microbaciidae, Turbinoliinae, Guyniidae and Flabellidae. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 486: 1–136, 42 pls [46-47,50]

Cairns, S.D. 1994. Scleractinia of the temperate North Pacific. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 557: 150 pp. [70-71]

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 [115-116]

Cairns, S.D. 2004. The Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) of Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 56(3): 259–329 [303]

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 [150-151]

History of changes

• Flabellum politum Cairns, S.D. 1989. A revision of the ahermatypic Scleractinia of the Philippine Islands and Adjacent Waters, Part 1: Fungiacyathidae, Microbaciidae, Turbinoliinae, Guyniidae and Flabellidae. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 486: 1–136, 42 pls [53–54].

  Type data:

   Holotype USNM 81945 One specimen, Samar Sea, Philippines [12°13'15"N / 124°05'03"E, 216 m.].
  Paratype(s) USNM 81942 Four specimens (ALB-5133), [7°41'N / 122°01'E, 70 m.]; USNM 81943 One specimen (ALB-5136), [6°04'20''N / 120°59'20"E, 40 m.]; USNM 40743 10 specimens (ALB-5178), [12°43'00''N / 122°06'15"E, 134-143 m.]; USNM 40725, 40756 Seven specimens (ALB-5212), [12°04'15''N / 124°04'36''E, 198 m.]; USNM 40749 Two specimens (ALB-5217), [13°20'N / 123°14'15''E, 192 m.]; USNM 40723, 40755 Five specimens (ALB-5311), [21°33'N / 116°15'00''E, 161 m.]; USNM 40731 Four specimens (ALB-5212), [12°04'15''N / 124°04'36''E, 198 m.]; USNM 81944 One specimen (ALB-5313), [21°30'N / 116°43'00''E, 274 m.]; USNM 40724 32 specimens (ALB-5391), [12°13'15''N / 124°05'03''E, 216 m.]; AM G15257 Two specimens (ALB-5391), [12°13'15"N / 124°05'03"E, 216 m.]; USNM 40733 1050 specimens (ALB-5392), [12°12'35''N / 124°02'48''E, 247 m.]; USNM 81946 12 specimens (ALB-5393), [12°03'30''N / 124°03'36''E, 249 m.]; USNM 40726 One specimen (ALB-5527), [9°22'30''N / 123°42'40''E, 717 m.]; USNM 81947 One specimen, off Calapan.

  Type locality references:

  Cairns, S.D. 1989. A revision of the ahermatypic Scleractinia of the Philippine Islands and Adjacent Waters, Part 1: Fungiacyathidae, Microbaciidae, Turbinoliinae, Guyniidae and Flabellidae. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 486: 1–136, 42 pls [53–54].

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Western Australia

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Solitary, azooxanthellate, depth range: 40-402 m.

General References

Cairns, S.D. 1989. A revision of the ahermatypic Scleractinia of the Philippine Islands and Adjacent Waters, Part 1: Fungiacyathidae, Microbaciidae, Turbinoliinae, Guyniidae and Flabellidae. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 486: 1–136, 42 pls [53-54]

Cairns, S.D. 1998. Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 18: 361–417 [394]

Cairns, S.D. 2004. The Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) of Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 56(3): 259–329 [303]

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 [153-154]

Kitahara, M. V. 2011. Morphological and molecular systematics of scleractinian corals (Cnidaria, Anthozoa), with emphasis on deep-water species. PhD thesis - Molecular Biology, James Cook University. pp. 630 [77-79]

History of changes

• Flabellum transversale Moseley, M.A. 1881. Part III. On the deep-sea Madreporaria. pp. 127–248 in Moseley, M.A. Report on certain Hydroid, Alcyonarian, and Madreporarian Corals procured during the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger, in the Years 1873-1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 2: 1–248, XXXII pls. [174].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1880.11.25.84 One specimen, Bass Strait near Wilsons Promontory, Victoria [39°10'S / 146°37'E, 70 m.].

  Type locality references:

  Moseley, M.A. 1881. Part III. On the deep-sea Madreporaria. pp. 127–248 in Moseley, M.A. Report on certain Hydroid, Alcyonarian, and Madreporarian Corals procured during the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger, in the Years 1873-1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 2: 1–248, XXXII pls. [174]; Cairns, S.D. 2004. The Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) of Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 56(3): 259–329 [303].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Solitary, azooxanthellate, depth range: 55-150 m.

General References

Cairns, S.D. 2004. The Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) of Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 56(3): 259–329 [303]

Cairns, S.D. & Parker, S.A. 1992. Review of the Recent Scleractinia (Stony Corals) of South Australia, Victoria and Tasmania. Records of the South Australian Museum Monograph Series 3: 1–82, 18 pls, 3 figs, 19 maps [45-46]

History of changes