Species Pseudopterogorgia australiensis (Ridley, 1884)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Leptogorgia australiensis Ridley, S. 1884. Alcyonaria. pp. 327-365 in Report on the Zoological Collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean during the voyage of the H.M.S. 'Alert ' 1881-2. London : British Museum Trustees, printed by Taylor & Francis. [342-344] [this species was recorded as consisting solely of two varieties].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) (The types of the two varieties represent this species).
• Leptogorgia australiensis flavotincta Ridley, S. 1884. Alcyonaria. pp. 327-365 in Report on the Zoological Collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean during the voyage of the H.M.S. 'Alert ' 1881-2. London : British Museum Trustees, printed by Taylor & Francis. [342-343] [as Leptogorgia australiensis var flavoticta Ridley, 1884].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1881.10.21.147 dry specimen.
• Leptogorgia australiensis perflava Ridley, S. 1884. Alcyonaria. pp. 327-365 in Report on the Zoological Collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean during the voyage of the H.M.S. 'Alert ' 1881-2. London : British Museum Trustees, printed by Taylor & Francis. [342-343] [as Leptogorgia australiensis var perflava Ridley, 1884].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) BMNH 1881.10.21.146 dry specimen; BMNH 1881.10.21.145 dry specimen; BMNH 1882.2.23.127 specimen in alcohol.

Generic Combinations

• Pseudopterogorgia australiensis (Ridley, 1884). —
  Kükenthal, W. 1919. Gorgonaria. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer "Valdivia" 1898–1899 13(2): 1-946 [920]

Ecological Descriptors

Hard bottom, marine, sessile.

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+ NTM Cape Missiessy, WA; Keppel; Darwin

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