Species Placotrochides scaphula Alcock, 1902

Calicular and lateral view of Placotrochides scaphula

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• Placotrochides scaphula Alcock, A. 1902. Report on the deep sea Madreporaria of the Siboga expedition. Siboga Expeditie 16a: 1–55 [34].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMA Coel. 1094 One specimen, Flores Sea [5°54.5'S / 120°19.2'E, 462 m].

  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 [121-122]; Cairns, S.D. 2004. The Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) of Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 56(3): 259–329 [307].
• Flabellum elongatum Hu, 1987.

  Secondary source:

   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 [174].

Distribution

States

Queensland, Victoria

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Deep water, solitary, azooxanthellate, depth range: 462-1628 m.

General References

Alcock, A.W. 1902. Further diagnosis and descriptions of new species of corals. Tijdschrift der Nederlandsche Dierkundige Vereeniging 2 7: 116–123 [121-122]

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 [78-79]

Cairns, S.D. 1994. Scleractinia of the temperate North Pacific. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 557: 150 pp. [79-80]

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 [116-117]

Cairns, S.D. 2004. The Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) of Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 56(3): 259–329 [307]

Cairns, S.D. & Keller, N.B. 1993. New taxa and distributional records of azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) from the tropical south-west Indian Ocean, with comments on their zoogeography and ecology. Annals of the South African Museum 5 103: 213–292 13 figs [272-273]

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 [48-49]

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 [174]

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