Species Flabellum (Ulocyathus) tuthilli Hoffmeister, 1933

Calicular and lateral views of Flabellum (Ulocyathus) tuthilli

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Museums

Regional Maps

• Flabellum tuthilli Hoffmeister, J.E. 1933. Report on deep sea corals obtained by the FIS Endeavour on the coasts of NSW, Vic, SA and Tas. Biological Results of the Fishing Experiments carried on by the F.I.S. Endeavour 1909-1914 6(1): 1–16.

  Type data:

   Holotype AM E3732 One specimen, Great Australia Bight, South Australia, 347–824 m.
  Paratype(s) USNM 68230 One specimen (ex AM G12284); USNM 68231 One specimen (ex AM G12282); AM ? Five specimens.

  Type locality references:

  Hoffmeister, J.E. 1933. Report on deep sea corals obtained by the FIS Endeavour on the coasts of NSW, Vic, SA and Tas. Biological Results of the Fishing Experiments carried on by the F.I.S. Endeavour 1909-1914 6(1): 1–16 [7-8]; Cairns, S.D. 2004. The Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) of Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 56(3): 259–329 [304].

Generic Combinations

• Flabellum (Ulocyathus) tuthilli Hoffmeister, 1933. —
  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 [54-55]

Distribution

States

South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Solitary, azooxanthellate, depth range: 347-824 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. & 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 [46-47]

Kitahara, M.V., Cairns S.D., Stolarski, J., Blair, D. & Miller, D.J. 2010. A comprehensive phylogenetic analysis of the Scleractinia (Cnidaria, Anthozoa) based on mitochondrial CO1 sequence data. PLoS ONE (Public Library of Science) 5(7): e11490

McEnnulty, F.R., Gowlett-Holmes, K.L., Williams, A., Althaus, F., Fromont, J., Poore, G.C.B., O'Hara, T.D., Marsh, L., Kott, P., Slack-Smith, S., Alderslade, P. & Kitahara, M.V. 2011. The deepwater megabenthic invertebrates on the western continental margin of Australia (100–1100 m depth): composition, distribution and novelty. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 80: 1–191

Stolarski, J., Kitahara, M.V., Miller, D.J., Cairns, S.D., Mazur, M. & Meibom, A. 2011. An ancient evolutionary origin of Scleractinia revealed by azooxanthellate corals. BMC Evolutionary Biology 11(316)

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