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Australocyathus vincentinus SA

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Description

Australocyathus vincentinus (Dennant, 1904)

Deltocyathus vincentinus Dennant, 1904: 6–7, pl. 2, figs. 1a–c (SA).– Howchin, 1909: 245 (listed).– Wells, 1958: 262 (listed).– Squires, 1961: 18 (listed).– Shepherd & Veron, 1982: 176, fig. 4.54a (SA).– Veron, 1986: 606 (listed).– Stranks, 1993: 21 (type deposition)

Australocyathus vincentinus.–Cairns & Parker, 1992: 39, figs. 12e–g, 13a,b (WA, SA).–Cairns, 1997: 15, pls. 1d, 4d, 7a–c (figs.).– Cairns, 1998: 364 (listed).

New records. None.

Types. The deposition of the holotype is not certain, but many paratypes are deposited at NMV (Stranks, 1993) and SAM (Cairns & Parker, 1992), and several are also at AM (G12059, G11830). Type Locality: various unspecified localities from the Verco collection off South Australia, 16–40 m.

Notes

Published as part of Cairns, S. D., 2004, The Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) of Australia, pp. 259-329 in Records of the Australian Museum 56 on page 288

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
NMV, SAM, AM
Family
Turbinoliidae
Genus
Australocyathus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Scleractinia
Phylum
Cnidaria
Scientific name authorship
SA
Species
vincentinus
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Australocyathus vincentinus (Dennant, 1904) sec. Cairns, 2004

References

  • Dennant, J., 1904. Recent corals from the South Australian and Victorian coasts. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 28: 1 - 11, 2 pls.
  • Howchin, W., 1909. Notes on the discovery of a large mass of living coral in Gulf St. Vincent, with bibliographical references to the Recent corals of South Australia. Transactions and Proceedings and Report of the Royal Society of South Australia 33: 242 - 252.
  • Wells, J. W., 1958. Scleractinian Corals. B. A. N. Z. A. R. E. Reports (Series B) 6 (11): 257 - 275, 2 pls.
  • Squires, D. F., 1961. Deep sea corals collected by the Lamont Geological Observatory. 2. Scotia Sea corals. American Museum Novitates 2046: 48 pp., including 31 figs.
  • Shepherd, S. A., & J. E. N. Veron, 1982. Stony corals (Order Scleractinia or Madreporaria). In Marine Invertebrates of Southern Australia. Part 1, ed. S. A. Shepherd & I. M. Thomas, pp. 169 - 178, figs. 4.41 - 4.55. Adelaide: Govt. Printer.
  • Veron, J. E. N., 1986. Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific. Pp. xii + 644, many unnumbered figs. North Ryde [Sydney]: Angus & Robertson.
  • Stranks, T. N., 1993. Catalogue of Recent Cnidaria type specimens in the Museum of Victoria. Occasional Papers from the Museum of Victoria 6, pp. 26 + 2 - page addendum.
  • Cairns, S. D., 1998. Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 18: 361 - 417, 9 pls.