Species Tropidocyathus lessonii (Michelin, 1842)
Tropidocyathus lessonii
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Species Tropidocyathus lessonii (Michelin, 1842)
Compiler and date details
27-October-2011 - Marcelo Visentini Kitahara
- Flabellum lessonii Michelin, H. 1842. Description d'une nouvelle espèce de Zoophyte du genre Fongie. Revue Zoologique par la Société Cuvierienne 5: 316.
Type data:
Syntype(s) MNHP Not catalogued (?), locality unknown.Type locality references:
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 [146-147]. - Trochocyathus (Tropidocyathus) lessoni Alcock, A. 1902. Report on the deep sea Madreporaria of the Siboga expedition. Siboga Expeditie 16a: 1–55 [17].
- Tropidocyathus lessoni 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 [33–34].
Secondary source:
Cairns, S.D. & Keller, N.B. 1993. New taxa and distributional records of azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) from the tropical south-west Indian Ocean, with comments on their zoogeography and ecology. Annals of the South African Museum 5 103: 213–292 13 figs [253]; Cairns, S.D. 1994. Scleractinia of the temperate North Pacific. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 557: 150 pp. [67].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Zou, R., Meng, Z. & Guan, X. 1988. Ecological analyses of deep sea Scleractinian on the continental shelf of the northern South China Sea. South China Sea Inst. Oceanol., Acad. Sinica, Selected Oceanic Works 1. pp. 193-199 [195]
- Cairns, S.D. 1997. A generic revision and phylogenetic analysis of the Turbinoliidae (Cnidaria: Scleractinia). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 591: 55 pp., 10 pls, 5 figs [15–16]
- 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 [146-147]
- Cairns, S.D. 1998. Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 18: 361–417 [390-392]
- 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 [110]
- Cairns, S.D. 2004. The Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) of Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 56(3): 259–329 [302]
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Distribution References
- Alcock, A. 1902. Report on the deep sea Madreporaria of the Siboga expedition. Siboga Expeditie 16a: 1–55 [17]
- 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 [33–34]
- Cairns, S.D. 1994. Scleractinia of the temperate North Pacific. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 557: 150 pp. [67]
- Cairns, S.D. 1998. Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 18: 361–417 [390-392]
- Cairns, S.D. 2004. The Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) of Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 56(3): 259–329 [302]
- Cairns, S.D. & Keller, N.B. 1993. New taxa and distributional records of azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) from the tropical south-west Indian Ocean, with comments on their zoogeography and ecology. Annals of the South African Museum 5 103: 213–292 13 figs [253]
- 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 [146-147]
- Zou, R., Meng, Z. & Guan, X. 1988. Ecological analyses of deep sea Scleractinian on the continental shelf of the northern South China Sea. South China Sea Inst. Oceanol., Acad. Sinica, Selected Oceanic Works 1. pp. 193-199 [195]
Ecological Descriptors
Marine.
Extra Ecological Information
Solitary, azooxanthellate, free
General References
Cairns, S.D. 1998. Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 18: 361–417
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19-Oct-2024 | HEXACORALLIA Haeckel, 1896 | 19-Oct-2024 | MOVED | |
| 05-Aug-2022 | CARYOPHYLLIINA | 13-Aug-2013 | MOVED | Dr Carden Wallace |
| 05-Aug-2022 | 28-Jul-2010 | MODIFIED | ||
| 13-Jul-2010 | MODIFIED |