Species Flabellum (Flabellum) politum Cairns, 1989
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Species Flabellum (Flabellum) politum Cairns, 1989
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31-October-2011 - Marcelo Visentini Kitahara
- 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.
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]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 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 |