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Platytrochus laevigatus Cairns & Parker 1992

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Description

Platytrochus laevigatus Cairns & Parker, 1992

Platytrochus compressus.– Dennant, 1904: 4–5, pl.1, figs. 3a,b (SA).– Howchin, 1909: 245.– Eguchi, 1973: 85, pl. 1, figs. 8– 11 (SA).– Shepherd & Veron, 1982: 178, fig. 4.54b (SA).

Platytrochus laevigatus Cairns & Parker, 1992: 34–36, figs. 10b,e, f–h (SA, WA).– Stranks, 1993: addendum (type deposition).– Cairns, 1997: 29–30 (listed); 1998: 364 (listed).

New records. SOUTH AUSTRALIA: PL94-58, 1, QUO; PL94-63, 1, QUO; St. Vincent Gulf, depth unknown, 2, AM G12062.

Types. The holotype is SAM H569; additional paratypes are split among SAM, NNM, NMV, and USNM. Type Locality: St. Francis Island, South Australia, 27–37 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 299

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
AM , SAM, NNM, NMV, USNM
Family
Turbinoliidae
Genus
Platytrochus
Kingdom
Animalia
Material sample ID
H569
Order
Scleractinia
Phylum
Cnidaria
Scientific name authorship
Cairns & Parker
Species
laevigatus
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Platytrochus laevigatus Cairns, 1992 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.
  • Eguchi, M., 1973. On some new or little known corals from Japan and Australia. Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory, Kyoto (Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on Cnidaria) 20: 81 - 86, 1 pl.
  • 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.
  • 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.