Species Fungiacyathus (Bathyactis) granulosus Cairns, 1989

Fungiacyathus (Bathyactis) granulosus, upper and lower surfaces, and side view of skeleton.

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Museums

Regional Maps

• Fungiacyathus granulosus 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 [11].

  Type data:

   Holotype USNM 81751 One specimen, off Sabah, Celebes Sea [4º10'50''N / 118º39'35''E, 567 m.].
  Paratype(s) USNM 81755 One specimen (Albatross stn. 5260), [12º25'35''N / 121º31'35''E, 428 m.]; USNM MO 230047 One specimen (Albatross stn. 5282); USNM 81752 Three specimens (Albatross stn. 5283), [13º48'30''N / 120º28'40''E, 512 m.]; USNM 81754 Four specimens (Albatross stn. 5589), [4º12'10''N / 118º38'08''E, 476 m.]; USNM 81753 Six specimens (Albatross stn. 5592), [4°12'44"N / 118°27'44''E, 558 m.]; AM G15256 One specimen (Albatross stn. 5592), [4°12'44"N / 118°27'44''E, 558 m.].

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Solitary, azooxanthellate, unattached, depth range: 230-1050 m.

General References

Cairns, S.D. 1998. Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 18: 361–417 [370]

Kitahara, M. V. 2011. Morphological and molecular systematics of scleractinian corals (Cnidaria, Anthozoa), with emphasis on deep-water species. PhD thesis - Molecular Biology, James Cook University. pp. 630 [68-70]

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