Species Rhizotrochus levidensis Gardiner, 1899

Calicular and lateral view of Rhizotrochus levidensis

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Museums

Regional Maps

• Rhizotrochus levidensis Gardiner, J.S. 1899. On the solitary corals, collected by Dr A. Willey. pp. 161-180 in Willey, Dr. A. (ed.). Zoological Results. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press Vol. 2. [162] ([plate 19, figures 2a-b]).

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 1970.1.26.9 and 1970.1.26.10 Two specimens, Lifu, Loyalty Islands [73 m].

  Type locality references:

  Gardiner, J.S. 1899. On the solitary corals, collected by Dr A. Willey. pp. 161-180 in Willey, Dr. A. (ed.). Zoological Results. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press Vol. 2. [162]; Cairns, S.D. 2004. The Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) of Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 56(3): 259–329 [308].

Generic Combinations

• Monomyces levidensis (Gardiner, 1899). —
  Veron, J.E.N. 1986. Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific. North Ryde, Sydney : Angus & Robertson xii, 644 pp. many unnumbered figures. [603]

Distribution

States

Queensland

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Shallow-water (1-73 m), solitary, azooxanthellate

General References

Cairns, S.D. 2004. The Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) of Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 56(3): 259–329 [308]

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 [49]

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