Species Petrophyllia rediviva (Wells & Alderslade, 1979)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Acrohelia rediviva Wells, J.W. & Alderslade, P.N. 1979. The Scleractinian coral Archohelia living on the coastal shores of Queensland, Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 32(5): 211-216 [212, pl. 1a-c, 2a-e].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM G9834, east side of Rat Island off Gladstone, between Curtis Island and Facing Island - Queensland [23°46'S / 151°19'E (3.5 m)].
  Paratype(s) QM G9835, G9835; AM G14745; NMNH 82696; NMNH 82697; NMNH 82698.

  Type locality references:

  Cairns, S.D. 1991a. Catalog of the type specimens of stony corals (Milleporidae, Stylasteridae, Scleractinia) in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 514: 1–59 [46].

Generic Combinations

• Petrophyllia rediviva (Wells & Alderslade, 1979). —
  Cairns, S.D. 2001. A generic revision and phylogenetic analysis of the Dendrophylliidae (Cnidaria: Scleractinia). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 615: 75 pp., 14 pls [40-41] (new combination)

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Colonial, azooxanthellate (occurs in shallow waters), attached.

General References

Cairns, S.D. 1991a. Catalog of the type specimens of stony corals (Milleporidae, Stylasteridae, Scleractinia) in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 514: 1–59 [46]

Cairns, S.D. 2004. The Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) of Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 56(3): 259–329 [275]

Cairns, S.D. 2009. Cold-water corals Online Appendix. www.lophelia.org/pdf/Cold-water_Corals_Online_Appendix_000.pdf [4]

Veron, J.E.N. 1986. Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific. North Ryde, Sydney : Angus & Robertson xii, 644 pp. many unnumbered figures. [599]

Veron, J.E.N. 2000. Corals of the World. Townsville : Australian Institute of Marine Science Vol. 2 viii, 429 pp. [96-97, fig. 1 (colour), fig. 4 (black & white)] (as Acrohelia rediviva)

Wells, J.W. & Alderslade, P.N. 1979. The Scleractinian coral Archohelia living on the coastal shores of Queensland, Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 32(5): 211-216 [212]

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