Species Fungiacyathus (Fungiacyathus) sandoi Cairns, 1999

Museums

Regional Maps

• Fungiacyathus sandoi Cairns, S.D. 1999. Cnidaria Anthozoa: deep-water azooxanthellate Scleractinia from Vanuatu, and Wallis and Futuna Islands. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] 180: 31–167 [56-57].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP uncatalogued One specimen (Musorstom 7, stn. 538), Waterwitch Bank, 275-295 m.
  Paratype(s) MNHP uncatalogued Two specimens (Musorstom 7, stn. 523); MNHP uncatalogued One specimen (Musorstom 7, stn. 540); MNHP uncatalogued One specimen (Musorstom 7, stn. 541); MNHP uncatalogued One specimen (Musorstom 7, stn. 589); MNHP uncatalogued Three specimens (Musorstom 7, stn. 590); MNHP uncatalogued One specimen (Musorstom 7, stn. 597); MNHP uncatalogued One specimen (Musorstom 7, stn. 605); USNM 98531 One specimen (Musorstom 7, stn. 538); USNM 98533 One specimen (Musorstom 7, stn. 542); USNM 98532 Five specimens (Musorstom 7, stn. 569).

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Eastern seamounts

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Solitary, azooxanthellate, unattached, depth range: 77-600 m.

 

General References

Cairns, S.D. 2004. The Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) of Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 56(3): 259–329 [264]

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 [65-66]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
05-Aug-2022	FUNGIINA Verrill, 1856	13-Aug-2013	MOVED	Dr Carden Wallace
05-Aug-2022		28-Jul-2010	MODIFIED
		13-Jul-2010	MODIFIED