Truncatoflabellum spheniscus ( Dana, 1846 )

Cairns, S. D., 2004, The Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) of Australia, Records of the Australian Museum 56, pp. 259-329 : 309

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scientific name	Truncatoflabellum spheniscus ( Dana, 1846 )
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Truncatoflabellum spheniscus ( Dana, 1846) View in CoL

Euphyllia spheniscus Dana, 1846: 160–161 , pl. 6, figs. 1a–c.

Flabellum affine Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848a: 274 View in CoL , pl. 8, fig. 10 (Qld).– Tenison-Woods, 1878b: 310–311 (Qld).– Squires, 1961: 18 (listed).

Flabellum rubrum View in CoL .– Folkeson, 1919: 4–5 (in part: specimen 1, WA).

Truncatoflabellum spheniscus View in CoL .– Cairns, 1989a: 65–66, pl. 32g –k (Qld, WA, description, synonymy, tabular key).– Cairns, 1994: 76 (synonymy).–Cairns & Zibrowius, 1997: 165–167 (in part: not fig. 23a,b, not specimens from Akademik Oparin or Hakuho Maru, NT).– Cairns, 1998: 399 (WA).

New record. QUEENSLAND: 20°03'S 148°15'E ( Abbot Bay ), depth and date unknown, 2, AM G7026 GoogleMaps .

Types. Four syntypes of F. spheniscus are deposited at USNM. Type Locality: Singapore, 3–6 m.

The holotype of F. affine is presumed to be lost ( Cairns, 1989a). Type Locality: Sir Charles-Hardy Island, Blackwood Channel, Queensland, depth unknown .