Species Idiotrochus emarciatus (Duncan, 1865)

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• Sphenotrochus emarciatus Duncan, P.M. 1865. A description of some fossil corals from the South Australian Tertiaries. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 3(16): 182–187.

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH R29276, Miocene of Muddy Creek, Hamilton, Victoria.

  Type locality references:

  Duncan, P.M. 1865. A description of some fossil corals from the South Australian Tertiaries. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 3(16): 182–187 [183–184].
• Sphenotrochus excicus Duncan, P.M. 1870. On the fossil corals (Madreporaria) of the Australian Tertiary deposits. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 26: 284–318, pls. XIX-XXII [298, pl. XIX, fig. 6] [objective synonym; the holotype of S. excicus is considered to be the same as that of S. emarciatus (Cairns, 2004)].

  Secondary source:

   Cairns, S.D. & Parker, S.A. 1992. Review of the Recent Scleractinia (Stony Corals) of South Australia, Victoria and Tasmania. Records of the South Australian Museum Monograph Series 3: 1–82, 18 pls, 3 figs, 19 maps [40]; Cairns, S.D. 1997. A generic revision and phylogenetic analysis of the Turbinoliidae (Cnidaria: Scleractinia). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 591: 55 pp., 10 pls, 5 figs [21]; Cairns, S.D. 2004. The Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) of Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 56(3): 259–329 [296] (the publication listed for Duncan, 1870 is wrong).
• Sphenotrochus emarciatus var. perexiguus Dennant, J. 1906. Madreporaria from the Australian and New Zealand coasts. Transactions and Proceedings and Report of the Royal Society of South Australia 30: 151–165, pl. v-vi.

  Type data:

   Holotype RMNH 18059 1 specimen, off Cape Jaffa, 174 m.
  Syntype(s) SAMA H609 2 specimens, E of North Neptune Island, 82 m.; USNM 85701 1 specimen, E of North Neptune Island, 82 m.; SAMA H610 1 specimen, off Cape Jaffa, 174 m.; RMNH 18060 1 specimen, E of North Neptune Island, 82 m.

  Type locality references:

  Dennant, J. 1906. Madreporaria from the Australian and New Zealand coasts. Transactions and Proceedings and Report of the Royal Society of South Australia 30: 151–165, pl. v-vi [151– 152]; Cairns, S.D. & Parker, S.A. 1992. Review of the Recent Scleractinia (Stony Corals) of South Australia, Victoria and Tasmania. Records of the South Australian Museum Monograph Series 3: 1–82, 18 pls, 3 figs, 19 maps [41].

  Secondary source:

   Cairns, S.D. & Parker, S.A. 1992. Review of the Recent Scleractinia (Stony Corals) of South Australia, Victoria and Tasmania. Records of the South Australian Museum Monograph Series 3: 1–82, 18 pls, 3 figs, 19 maps.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Cairns, S.D. & Parker, S.A. 1992. Review of the Recent Scleractinia (Stony Corals) of South Australia, Victoria and Tasmania. Records of the South Australian Museum Monograph Series 3: 1–82, 18 pls, 3 figs, 19 maps [40–41]
• Cairns, S.D. 2004. The Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) of Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 56(3): 259–329 [296]

 

Generic Combinations

• Idiotrochus perexigua (Dennant, 1906).

 

Distribution

States

South Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Miocene of Victoria

Australian Endemic.

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Solitary, azooxanthellate, free.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
19-Oct-2024	HEXACORALLIA Haeckel, 1896	19-Oct-2024	MOVED
05-Aug-2022	SCLERACTINIA Bourne, 1900	30-May-2018	MODIFIED	Dr Zoe Richards
05-Aug-2022	CARYOPHYLLIINA	13-Aug-2013	MOVED	Dr Carden Wallace
05-Aug-2022		28-Jul-2010	MODIFIED
		13-Jul-2010	MODIFIED