Species Rhizotrochus flabelliformis Cairns, 1989
Calicular and lateral view of Rhizotrochus flabelliformis
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Species Rhizotrochus flabelliformis Cairns, 1989
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14-Jun-2012 - Marcelo Visentini Kitahara
- Rhizotrochus flabelliformis 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 [81] ([plate 41, figures k-l, plate 42, figures b, d]).
Type data:
Holotype ZMA 1216 One specimen (Flabellum latum of Alcock, 1902), North of Jolo Island, Sulu Archipelago, Philippines [6°08'N / 121°19'E, 275 m].
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Also reported to Britannia Seamount [Franklin 05/89/46 and Franklin 08/88/D22]
Ecological Descriptors
Marine.
Extra Ecological Information
Deep-water, solitary, azooxanthellate, depth range: 228-1050 m.
General References
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 [109-110]
Cairns, S.D. 1999. Cnidaria Anthozoa: deep-water azooxanthellate Scleractinia from Vanuatu, and Wallis and Futuna Islands. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] 180: 31–167 [127]
Cairns, S.D. 2004. The Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) of Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 56(3): 259–329 [308]
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 [161-162]
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