Species Sinularia leptoclados (Ehrenberg, 1834)

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Species Sinularia leptoclados (Ehrenberg, 1834)

Lobularia leptoclados Ehrenberg, G.G. 1834. Beitrage zur physiologischen Kenntniss der Corallenthiere im Allgemeinen und besanders des Rothen Meeres nebst, einem Versuche zur physiologischen Systematik derselben. Abhandlungen der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Berlin 1832(1): 225–380 [282].
Type data:
Holotype ZMB 304 one colony in alcohol (the colony is labelled "syntype ?" in the ZMB database), Red Sea.

Generic Combinations

Alcyonium leptoclados (Ehrenberg, 1877). —
Klunzinger, C.B. 1877. Die Korallthiere des rothen Meeres Erster Theil: Die Alcyonarien und Malacodermen. Berlin : Verlag der Gutmann'schen Buchhandlung 98 pp. [26-27]
Sinularia leptoclados (Ehrenberg, 1877). —
Lüttschwager, J. 1914. Beiträge zu einer Revision der Familie Alcyoniidae. Archiv für Naturgeschichte A 80(10): 1-42 [3-4]

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

NTM records: Palm Islands, QLD, Rundle Island, QLD, Broome, WA

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Northern Territory: Gulf of Carpentaria
- Queensland: NE coast
- Western Australia: NW coast

Ecological Descriptors

Hard bottom, marine, sessile.

General References

MacFadyen, L.M. 1936. Alcyonaria (Stolonifera, Alcyonacea, Telestacea and Gorgonacea). Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929 5(2): 19-72

Ofwegen, L.P. van 2008. The genus Sinularia (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) from Bremer and West Woody Islands (Gulf of Carpentaria). Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 82: 131-165 (Australian occurrence reported)

van Ofwegen, L.P., Benayahu, Y. & McFadden, C.S. 2013. Sinularia leptoclados (Ehrenberg, 1834) (Cnidaria, Octocorallia). ZooKeys 272: 29–59

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

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

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