Genus Sarcophyton Lesson, 1834

Museums

Regional Maps

• Sarcophyton Lesson, R.P. 1834. Zoophytes. pp. 505-519 in De Ch Bélanger (ed.). Voyage aux Indes Orientales par le nord de l'Europe pendant 1825-1829. Paris. [517].

  Type species:

   Sarcophyton lobulatum Lesson, 1834 by subsequent designation, see Milne Edwards, H. & Haime, J. 1850. A monograph of the British fossil corals. First Part. Introduction; corals from the Tertiary and Cretaceous formations. London : Palaeontological Society i-lxxxv, 322 pp., 72 pls. [lxxxvii].

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Widespread from eastern Africa and the Red Sea to Polynesia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Northern Territory: N coast
  • Queensland: Great Barrier Reef, NE coast
  • Western Australia: Lower W coast

General References

Verseveldt, J. 1982. A revision of the genus Sarcophyton Lesson (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea). Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) 192: 1-91

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
05-Aug-2022	OCTOCORALLIA Haeckel, 1866	13-Aug-2013	MOVED	Dr Phil Alderslade
05-Aug-2022		24-Nov-2011	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022		14-Oct-2011	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022		29-Sep-2010	MODIFIED
		11-May-2010	MODIFIED