Species Sarcoptilus grandis Gray, 1848

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• Sarcoptilus grandis Gray, J.E. 1848. Description of Sarcoptilus, a new genus of Pennatulidae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1848: 45 [45].
• Sarcophyllum australe Kolliker, R.A. 1869. Anatomisch-systematische Beschreibung der Alcyonarien. Erste Abtheilung: Die Pennatuliden. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 7, 8: (7)111-255 (1869), 487-602 (1870), (8) 85-275 (1872) [229].
• Sarcophyllum roseum Broch, H. 1910. Pennatulida. pp. 110-121 in Michaelsen, W. & Hartmeyer, R. (eds). Die Fauna Sudwest-Australiens. Ergebnisse der Hamburger sudwest-australischen Forschungsreise 1905. Jena : Gustav Fischer Vol. 3 (2). [117].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Williams, G.C. 1995. Revision of the Pennatulacean genus Sarcoptilus (Coelenterata: Octocorallia), with descriptions of three new species from southern Australia. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 28(1): 13-32 [16] (for Sarcophyllum roseum)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine, sedentary, soft bottom.

Taxonomic note

plus Broch 1910 as S. roseum, plus Whitelegge, green point, as "grande"

NTM Jervis bay;

SAM South Australia

General References

Williams, G.C. 1995. Living genera of sea pens (Coelenterata: Octocorallia: Pennatulacea): illustrated key and synopses. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 113: 93-140

Williams, G.C. 1995. Revision of the Pennatulacean genus Sarcoptilus (Coelenterata: Octocorallia), with descriptions of three new species from southern Australia. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 28(1): 13-32 [16] (synonymy, description and new records)

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