Species Truncatoflabellum spheniscus (Dana, 1846)

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• Euphyllia spheniscus Dana, J.D. 1846. Zoophytes. United States exploring expedition during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, under the command of Charles Wilkes, U.S.N. New York : Greenwood Press Vol. 7 pp. i-vi + 740. [160-161] ([plate 6, figures 1a-c]).

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) USNM 89 Four specimens, Singapore, 3-6 m.

  Type locality references:

  Dana, J.D. 1846. Zoophytes. United States exploring expedition during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, under the command of Charles Wilkes, U.S.N. New York : Greenwood Press Vol. 7 pp. i-vi + 740. [160-161]; 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 [65].
• Flabellum affine Milne Edwards, H. & Haime, J. 1848. Recherches sur les Polypiers. Quatrième Mémoire: Monographie des Astréides. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie Ser. 3 10: 209-320, pl. 5-9 [274] ([plate 8, figure 10]).

  Type data:

   Holotype Presumed to be lost (Cairns, 1989), Sir Charles-Hardy Island, Blackwood Channel, Queensland, depth unknown.

  Type locality references:

  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 [65-66].
• Flabellum rubrum Folkeson, F. 1919. Results of Dr. E. Mjöbergs Swedish scientific expeditions to Australia 1910–1913. Part 22: Madreporaria. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Academiens Nya Handlingar, Stockholm 59(1): 1–23 [4-5] ([in part: specimen 1, WA]).
• Flabellum debile Milne Edwards, H. & Haime, J. 1848. Recherches sur les Polypiers. Quatrième Mémoire: Monographie des Astréides. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie Ser. 3 10: 209-320, pl. 5-9 [274].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 1855.12.27.2 Illustrated syntype, Philippines, depth unknown.

  Type locality references:

  Milne Edwards, H. & Haime, J. 1848. Recherches sur les Polypiers. Quatrième Mémoire: Monographie des Astréides. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie Ser. 3 10: 209-320, pl. 5-9 [274]; Cairns, S.D. 1994. Scleractinia of the temperate North Pacific. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 557: 150 pp. [76-77].
• Flabellum bairdi Milne Edwards, H. & Haime, J. 1848. Recherches sur les Polypiers. Quatrième Mémoire: Monographie des Astréides. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie Ser. 3 10: 209-320, pl. 5-9 [274-275].
• Flabellum crenulatum Milne Edwards, H. & Haime, J. 1848. Recherches sur les Polypiers. Quatrième Mémoire: Monographie des Astréides. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie Ser. 3 10: 209-320, pl. 5-9 [277].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP 1020 One specimen, locality unknown.

  Type locality references:

  Milne Edwards, H. & Haime, J. 1848. Recherches sur les Polypiers. Quatrième Mémoire: Monographie des Astréides. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie Ser. 3 10: 209-320, pl. 5-9 [277]; Cairns, S.D. 1994. Scleractinia of the temperate North Pacific. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 557: 150 pp. [76].
• Flabellum profundum Milne Edwards, H. & Haime, J. 1848. Recherches sur les Polypiers. Quatrième Mémoire: Monographie des Astréides. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie Ser. 3 10: 209-320, pl. 5-9 [276].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP 1026 One specimen, Off China, depth unknown.

  Type locality references:

  Milne Edwards, H. & Haime, J. 1857. Histoire Naturelle des Coralliaires ou Polypes Proprement Dits. Paris : Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret Vol. T. 2 633 pp. [93-94]; 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 [67].
• Flabellum sumatrense Milne Edwards, H. & Haime, J. 1848. Recherches sur les Polypiers. Quatrième Mémoire: Monographie des Astréides. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie Ser. 3 10: 209-320, pl. 5-9 [271].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP 374 One specimen, Off Sumatra, depth unknown.

  Type locality references:

  Milne Edwards, H. & Haime, J. 1848. Recherches sur les Polypiers. Quatrième Mémoire: Monographie des Astréides. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie Ser. 3 10: 209-320, pl. 5-9 [271]; Cairns, S.D. 1994. Scleractinia of the temperate North Pacific. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 557: 150 pp. [76].

Generic Combinations

• Truncatoflabellum spheniscus (Dana, 1846). —
  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 [65-66]

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Solitary, azooxanthellate, depth range: 2-174 m.

General References

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 [65-66]

Cairns, S.D. 1994. Scleractinia of the temperate North Pacific. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 557: 150 pp. [76]

Cairns, S.D. 1998. Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 18: 361–417 [399]

Cairns, S.D. 2004. The Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) of Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 56(3): 259–329 [309]

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