Species Platytrochus laevigatus Cairns & Parker, 1992
Compiler and date details
04-October-2011 - Marcelo Visentini Kitahara
- Platytrochus laevigatus 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 [34–36].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA H569 One specimen, St. Francis Island, South Australia, 27–37 m.
Paratype(s) SAMA; NMV; USNM; RMNH.Secondary source:
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 [29–30]; 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 [299].
Distribution
States
South Australia, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
Distribution References
- Cairns, S.D. 2004. The Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) of Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 56(3): 259–329 [299]
- 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 [34–36]
- Dennant, J. 1904. Recent corals from the South Australian and Victorian coasts. Transactions and Proceedings and Report of the Royal Society of South Australia 28: 1–11 [4-5] (as Platytrochus compressus)
- Eguchi, M. 1973. On some new or little known corals from Japan and Australia. Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory 20: 81–86 [Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on Cnidaria] [85] (as Platytrochus compressus)
- Howchin, W. 1909. Notes on the discovery of a large mass of living coral in Gulf St. Vincent. Transactions and Proceedings and Report of the Royal Society of South Australia 33: 242–252 [245] (Platytrochus compressus)
- Shepherd, S.A. & Veron, J.E.N. 1982. Stony corals (Order Scleractinia or Madreporaria). pp. 169–178, figs 4.41-4.55 in Shepherd, S.A. & Thomas, I.M. (eds). Marine Invertebrates of Southern Australia. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia Adelaide : Government Printer Part 1 491 pp. [178] (as Platytrochus compressus)
Ecological Descriptors
Marine.
Extra Ecological Information
Solitary, azooxanthellate, free
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19-Oct-2024 | HEXACORALLIA Haeckel, 1896 | 19-Oct-2024 | MOVED | |
| 05-Aug-2022 | CARYOPHYLLIINA | 13-Aug-2013 | MOVED | Dr Carden Wallace |
| 05-Aug-2022 | 28-Jul-2010 | MODIFIED | ||
| 13-Jul-2010 | MODIFIED |