Species Flabellum (Ulocyathus) marenzelleri Cairns, 1989

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• Flabellum marenzelleri 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 [57-58].

  Type data:

   Holotype USNM 40686 One specimen (Expedition Albatross stn. 5289), Matocot Point, Verde Island Passage, Luzon, Philippines [13°41'50"N / 120°58'30"E, 315 m.].
  Paratype(s) USNM 81889 One specimen (Expedition Albatross stn. 5289), [13°41'50''N / 120°58'30''E, 314 m.]; USNM 40687 Three specimens (Expedition Albatross stn. 5265), [13°41'15"N / 120°00'50''E, 247 m.]; USNM 81887 One specimen (Expedition Albatross stn. 5268), [13°42'00''N / 120°57'15''E, 311 m.]; USNM 81888 Two specimens (Expedition Albatross stn. 5298), [13°43'25''N / 120°57'40"E, 256 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 [58].

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Western Australia

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Solitary, azooxanthellate, depth range: 179-390 m.

General References

Cairns, S.D. 1998. Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 18: 361–417 [395]

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

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 [156]

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