Species Fungiacyathus (Fungiacyathus) pusillus pacificus Cairns, 1995

Calicular and lateral views of Fungiacyathus p. pacificus

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Museums

Regional Maps

• Fungiacyathus pusillus pacificus 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 [32-33].

  Type data:

   Holotype NZOI H-621 One specimen (NZOI stn. U599), northern Three Kings Ridge, 590-640 m. [30º43'S / 173º16'E].
  Paratype(s) NZOI P-1000 Two specimens (NZOI stn. G3); NZOI P-1001 Three specimens (NZOI stn. I96); NZOI P-1002 12 specimens (NZOI stn. I97); NZOI P-1003 Three specimens (NZOI stn. K795); NZOI P-1004 One specimen (NZOI stn. U591); NZOI P-1005 Seven specimens (NZOI stn. U599); USNM 93974 Six specimens (NZOI stn. I97); USNM 93973 Three specimens (NZOI stn. P10); USNM 93972 Three specimens (NZOI stn. U582); USNM 93971 Five specimens (NZOI stn. U599).

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Eastern seamounts

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Solitary, azooxanthellate, unattached, depth range: 350-1150 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 [63-65]

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