Species Alcyonium etheridgei Thomson & Mackinnon, 1911

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Species Alcyonium etheridgei Thomson & Mackinnon, 1911

Alcyonium etheridgei Thomson, J.A. & Mackinnon, D.L. 1911. The alcyonarians of the Thetis Expedition. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 4: 661-695 [666-668].
Type data:
Holotype AM G12170 colony in alcohol, Manning Bight, NSW, 22 fms.
Paratype(s) AM G12171-G12180 colonies in alcohol, Manning Bight, NSW.

Distribution

States

South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

NTM record: Babel Island, TAS. SAM records: Cape Catastrophe, SA, Gabo Island, VIC.

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

Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- South Australia: S Gulfs coast
- Tasmania: Bass Strait
- Victoria: Bass Strait

Ecological Descriptors

Hard bottom, marine, sessile.

Notes

DNA and morphological evidence have shown this is not a species of Alcyonium (Alderslade, pers comm.).

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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