Species Truncatoflabellum vigintifarium Cairns, 1999

Calicular and lateral view of Truncatoflabellum vigintifarium

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Museums

Regional Maps

• Truncatoflabellum vigintifarium 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 [120-121 figures 20 c-f].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP ? One specimen (Musorstom 8 stn. 1098), NE of Espiritu Santo [15°04'S / 167°10'E, 277-285 m].
  Paratype(s) MNHP ? One specimen (Musorstom 8 stn. 1004), Erromango [18°49'S / 168°59'E, 319-350 m]; MNHP ? Three specimens (Musorstom 8 stn. 1018), Efaté [17°53'S / 168°25'e, 300-301 m]; MNHP ? One specimen (Musorstom 8 stn. 1060), Malakula [16°13'S / 167°20'E, 375-397 m]; USNM 98899 Three specimens (Musorstom 8 stn. 1065), Malakula [16°16'S / 167°21'E, 360-419 m]; MNHP ? Two specimens (Musorstom 8 stn. 1094), NE of Espiritu Santo [15°08'S / 167°11'E, 312-314 m]; MNHP ? Five specimens (Musorstom 8 stn. 1097), NE of Espiritu Santo [15°05'S / 167°10'E, 281-288 m]; USNM 98898 Four specimens (Musorstom 8 stn. 1098), NE of Espiritu Santo [15°04'S / 167°10'E, 277-285 m]; MNHP ? Nine specimens (Musorstom 8 stn. 1106), NE of Espiritu Santo [15°05'S / 167°11'E, 305-314 m]; MNHP ? 11 specimens (Musorstom 8 stn. 1113), N of Espiritu Santo [14°52's / 167°06'E, 700-736 m].

  Type locality references:

  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 [121-122].

Distribution

States

Queensland

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Solitary, azooxanthellate, depth range: 288-1050 m.

General References

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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