Species Flabellum (Flabellum) transversale Moseley, 1881

Museums

Regional Maps

• 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

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