Genus Gardineria Vaughan, 1907

Museums

Regional Maps

• Gardineria Vaughan, T.W. 1907. Recent Madreporaria of the Hawaiian Islands and Laysan. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 59: 1-427.

  Type species:

   Gardineria hawaiiensis Vaughan, 1907 by original designation.
• Haplophyllia Pourtalès, L.F. de 1868. Contributions to the Fauna of the Gulf Stream at great depths (2nd series). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 1(7): 121-141.

  Type species:

   Haplophyllia paradoxa Pourtalès, 1868 by monotypy.
• Duncania Pourtalès, L.F. 1874. Crinoids and Corals. Zoölogical results of the Hassler Expedition. Illustrated Catalogue of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 4(VIII): 29-54.

  Type species:

   Duncania barbadensis Pourtalès, 1874 by monotypy.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Diagnosis

Corallum solitary, trochoid to turbinate in shape, and attached by a polycyclic base and short, contiguous basal rootlets. Epitheca transversely wrinkled. Upper, outer septal edges separated from calicular edge by a deep notch. Paliform lobes usually present before second septal cycle. Fossa shallow. Columella papillose or absent. (after Cairns 1995)

Diagnosis 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

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

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

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