Species Lobophytum pauciflorum (Ehrenberg, 1834)

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Species Lobophytum pauciflorum (Ehrenberg, 1834)

Lobularia pauciflora Ehrenberg, G.G. 1834. Beitrage zur physiologischen Kenntniss der Corallenthiere im Allgemeinen und besanders des Rothen Meeres nebst, einem Versuche zur physiologischen Systematik derselben. Abhandlungen der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Berlin 1832(1): 225–380 [282].
Type data:
Lectotype ZMB 296 two colonies under this number in alcohol (At least one of the whole type series has sclerites effected by what is likley to be formalin storage), Red Sea.
Paralectotype(s) ZMB 295 one colony in alcohol, Red Sea; ZMB 297 may be a portion of one of the other colonies, Red Sea.
Lobophytum pauciflorum validum Marenzeller, E. von 1886. Uber die Sarcophytum benannten Alcyoniiden. Zoologische Jahrbücher 1(2): 341-368 [366-368] [as Lobophytum pauciflorum var.validum Marenzeller, 1886].
Lobophytum madreporoides Ridley, S. 1888. Report on the alcyoniid and gorgoniid Alcyonaria of the Mergui Archipelago, collected for the Indian Museum. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 21: 223-247 [225-227].
Lobophytum candelabrum Roule, L. 1908. Alcyonaires d'Amboine. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 16: 161-194 [177-179].
Lobophytum pauciflorum philippinense Moser, J. 1919. Beitrage zu einer Revision der Alcyonarien 1. Die Gattungen Sarcophyton Lesson und Lobophytum Marenzeller. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 9: 219-293 [281-282] [as Lobophytum pauciflorum var. philippinense Moser, 1919].
Lobophytum chevalieri Tixier-Durivault, A. 1970. Les octocoralliaires de Nouvelle-Calédonie - L'Expedition francaise sur les recifs coralliens de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Paris : Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle Vol. 4 pp. 171-350. [in French] [218-220].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Verseveldt, J. 1983. A revision of the genus Lobophytum Von Marenzeller (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea). Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) 200: 1-103 [74]

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

NTM records: Palm Island, QLD and Darwin and Cobourg Peninsula, NT.

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)

IBRA

NT, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Northern Territory: N coast
- Queensland: Great Barrier Reef, NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Hard bottom, marine, sessile.

General References

Verseveldt, J. 1977. Australian Octocorallia (Coelenterata). Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 28: 171-240 [177] (Great Barrier Reef record reference)

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
		16-Mar-2010	(import)

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