Species Truncatoflabellum macroeschara Cairns, 1998

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• Truncatoflabellum macroeschara Cairns, S.D. 1998. Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 18: 361–417 [401] ([Figures 8d, e, g, h, i]).

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM 50-83 One specimen (Soela stn. 05/82/13), East of Glomar Shoal, Western Australia [19°52.3'S / 117°16.1'E, 56–58 m].
  Paratype(s) WAM 50-83 One specimen (Soela stn. 05/82/13), East of Glomar Shoal, Western Australia [19°52.3'S / 117°16.1'E, 56-58 m]; WAM 97-83 One specimen (Soela stn. 02/82/9), [18°33'S / 118°22'E, 150 m]; WAM 77-84 and 98-84 Two specimens (Soela stn. 02/83/13A), [18°25'S / 118°22'E, 201 m]; WAM 82-83 One specimen (Soela stn. 04B/82/64), [19°25'S / 117°11'E, 90-98 m]; WAM 75-83 One specimen (Soela stn. 05/82/60), [19°28.1'S / 118°27.1'E, 62-66 m]; WAM 79-83 One specimen (Soela stn. 05/82/65), [19°34.0'S / 117°18.3'E, 78-84 m]; NMV F78390 One specimen (Hai Kung stn. MFG81), [19°35'S / 117°15'E, 73-80 m]; WAM 230-93 One specimen (WA HAwaiian Expedition), 16-22 km NNW Anchor Island, Onslow, 119 m; USNM 96661 One specimen (WA Hawaiian Expedition), 16-22 km NNW Anchor Island, Onslow, 119 m; WAM 13-96 One specimen (Lady Basten stn. LB4(s)), [19°08.4'S / 117°44'E, 112-124 m]; WAM 34-96 One specimen (Lady Basten stn. LB5(s)), [18°42.8'S / 118°03.2'E, 150-160 m.]; WAM 17-96 Three specimens (Lady Basten stn. LB5(t)), [18°36.6'S / 118°07'E, 150-160 m]; WAM 37-96 and 39-96 Two specimens (Lady Basten stn. LB6(t)), [18°09.5'S / 118°54.5'E, 173-193 m]; USNM 96664 One specimen (Lady Basten stn. LB6(t)), [18°09.5'S / 118°54.5'E, 173-193 m]; NTM C8068 One specimen (Lady stn. RW96-14), [12°59.09'S / 124°43.65'E, 80 m].

  Type locality references:

  Cairns, S.D. 1998. Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 18: 361–417; Griffith, J.K. & Fromont, J. 1998. A catalogue of recent Cnidaria type specimens in the Western Australian Museum of Natural Science, Perth. Records of the Western Australian Museum 19: 223–239.

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Solitary, azooxanthellate, depth range: 18-201 m.

 

General References

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

 

History of changes

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