Species Fungiacyathus (Bathyactis) turbinolioides Cairns, 1989

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

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Museums

Regional Maps

• Fungiacyathus turbinolioides 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 [12-13].

  Type data:

   Holotype USNM 81750 One specimen (ALB-5586), off Sabah, Celebes Sea [4°06'50"N / 118°47'20"E, 635 m.].
  Paratype(s) USNM 81748 62 specimens, off Sabah, Celebes Sea [4°06'50"N / 118°47'20"E, 635 m.]; USNM 81749 Three specimens (ALB-5318); AM G15253 Two specimens, off Sabah, Celebes Sea [4°06'50"N / 118°47'20"E, 635 m.].

Distribution

States

Victoria

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Solitary, azooxanthellate, unattached, depth range: 589-930 m.

General References

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 [34]

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 [72-73]

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