Species Fungiacyathus (Bathyactis) margaretae Cairns, 1995

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

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Museums

Regional Maps

• Fungiacyathus margaretae Cairns, S.D. 1995. The marine fauna of New Zealand: Scleractinia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa). New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 103: 1–210, 44 pls, 22 maps [33-34].

  Type data:

   Holotype NZOI H-622 One specimen, Colville Ridge, 673 m. [27º20.8'S / 179º20.9'W].
  Paratype(s) NZOI P-1006 Two specimens (NZOI stn. P947), [25º13.7'S / 179°04.1'W, 646-547 m.]; USNM 93979 One specimen, [27º20.8'S / 179º20.9'W, 673 m.]; USNM 93980 One specimen (NZOI stn. P966), [23º29.8'S / 176º34.6'W, 635-695 m.].

Distribution

States

Queensland

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Solitary, azooxanthellate, unattached, depth range: 440-1175 m.

History of changes