Species Flabellum (Ulocyathus) sexcostatum Cairns, 1989

Museums

Regional Maps

• Flabellum sexcostatum 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 [59].

  Type data:

   Holotype USNM 81934 One specimen (ALB-5284), South China Sea off Philippines [13°42'05"N / 120°30'45"E, 772 m.].
  Paratype(s) USNM 81935 Six specimens (ALB-5284), South China Sea off Philippines [13°42'05"N / 120°30'45"E, 772 m.]; AM G15258 One specimen (ALB-5284), South China Sea off Philippines [13°42'05"N / 120°30'45"E, 772 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 [59].

Distribution

States

Queensland

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Solitary, azooxanthellate, depth range: 685-1121 m.

General References

Cairns, S.D. 2004. The Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) of Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 56(3): 259–329 [305]

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 [159]

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