Species Flabellum (Flabellum) australe Moseley, 1881

Museums

Regional Maps

• 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]

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