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Species Heteranthus verruculatus Klunzinger, 1877

Distribution

States

Queensland


Extra Distribution Information

Red Sea; Seychelles; Hawaiian Islands.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

 

Diagnosis

Column to 9mm length, 11mm diameter; lower column pale yellowish-green; column greenish-brown distally (owing to zooxanthellae); verrucae bright green with central white spot, becoming tentacle-like at margin. Oral disc dark greenish-brown to sepia, with variable amounts of opaque white. Marginal tentacles smooth, pointed, inner longer than outer, pale greenish-brown with no patterning or with dense pattern of opaque white flecks and round spots; discal tentacles papilliform, inconspicuous, same colour as oral disc.

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
05-Aug-2022 NYNANTHEAE Carlgren, 1899 13-Aug-2013 MOVED Dr Bronwen Scott
05-Aug-2022 28-Feb-2011 MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022 09-Nov-2010 MOVED
05-Aug-2022 09-Nov-2010 MOVED
05-Aug-2022 28-Jul-2010 MODIFIED
13-Jul-2010 MODIFIED