Species Notocyathus venustus (Alcock, 1902)

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• Citharocyathus venustus Alcock, A.W. 1902. Further diagnosis and descriptions of new species of corals. Tijdschrift der Nederlandsche Dierkundige Vereeniging 2 7: 116–123 [119].

  Type data:

   Holotype Probably lost (Siboga stn. 59), Savu Sea, Indonesia [10°22.7’S / 123°16.5’E - 390 m.].
  Syntype(s) ZMA Coel. 1244 Three syntypes.

  Type locality references:

  Alcock, A.W. 1902. Further diagnosis and descriptions of new species of corals. Tijdschrift der Nederlandsche Dierkundige Vereeniging 2 7: 116–123 [119]; van Soest, R. W. M. 1979. A catalogue of the coelenterate type specimens of the Zoological Museum of Amsterdam. 4. Gorgonacea, Actiniaria, Scleractinia. Beaufortia 29 353: 81-126; Cairns, S.D. 1994. Scleractinia of the temperate North Pacific. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 557: 150 pp. [64]; Cairns, S.D. 2004. The Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) of Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 56(3): 259–329 [298].

  Secondary source:

   Alcock, A. 1902. Report on the deep sea Madreporaria of the Siboga expedition. Siboga Expeditie 16a: 1–55 [22]; Yabe, H. & Eguchi, M. 1932. Deep-water corals from the Riukiu limestone of Kikai-jima. Proceedings of the Imperial Academy of Japan 8: 442-445 [443-444]; 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 [27-28]; Cairns, S.D. 1994. Scleractinia of the temperate North Pacific. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 557: 150 pp. [64]; Cairns, S.D. & Zibrowius, H. 1997. Cnidaria Anthozoa: azooxanthellate Scleractinia from the Philippine and Indonesian regions. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] 172: 27–243 [143]; Cairns, S.D. 1998. Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 18: 361–417; Cairns, S.D. 2004. The Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) of Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 56(3): 259–329 [266, 298]; 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 [52-53].

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Solitary, azooxanthellate, free.

General References

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

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