Oculina virgosa Squires, 1958

Cairns, S. D., 2004, The Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) of Australia, Records of the Australian Museum 56, pp. 259-329 : 275

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scientific name	Oculina virgosa Squires, 1958
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Oculina virgosa Squires, 1958: 39 , pl. 5, figs. 8–16 ( NZ).– Cairns, 1995: 40, pl. 4f, i, pl. 5c,d (synonymy, description, NZ); 1999a: 60–61 (remarks).

New records. SEAMOUNTS: Franklin 08/88/D22 (Britannia), depth unknown, 10 branches, AM G16347 . — QUEENSLAND: Franklin 06/88/ x, 1 branch, AM G16676 .

Types. The holotype and 3 paratypes are deposited at NZGS, the holotype numbered CO1219. Type Locality: Sandstone , Waitemata Group , the Funnel, Kaipara Harbour, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand (Altonian, early Miocene) .

Petrophyllia rediviva (Wells & Alderslade, 1979) , n.comb.

Archohelia rediviva Wells & Alderslade, 1979: 212–315 View in CoL , pl. 1a– c, 2a–e (Qld).– Veron, 1986: 599, colour fig. 1 and black and white fig. (Qld).– Cairns, 1991b: 46 (type deposition, Qld).– Veron, 2000: II, 96 (colour fig. 1), 97 (fig. 4) (Qld).

? Amphihelia venusta View in CoL .– Tenison-Woods, 1878b: 316.

New records. QUEENSLAND: 21°55'S 149°25'E, 0 m, 1 large colony, MTQ G30593 GoogleMaps ; Mother McGregor Island , 3 m, January 1978, 2 colonies, NTM C61854–5 View Materials ;— NORTHERN TERRITORY: East Point , Darwin, 7 m, 13 July 1993, 1 colony, NTM C7802 View Materials .

Types. The holotype and 3 paratypes are deposited at QMB, the holotype numbered G9834; another paratype is deposited at AM (G14745) and three more paratypes taken from QMB paratype lot G9835 are deposited at USNM ( Cairns, 1991b). Type Locality: east side of Rat Island off Gladstone , between Curtis Island and Facing Island, Queensland (23°46'S 151°19'E), 3.5 m GoogleMaps .

Remarks. Since Archohelia Vaughan, 1919 was shown to be a junior synonym of Petrophyllia Conrad, 1855 (Cairns, 2001: 39) , the proper combination for this species is Petrophyllia rediviva .

As noted above, the original description of A. venusta Milne Edwards & Haime, 1850 resembles the deep-water species Madrepora oculata , but the specimens subsequently reported by Tenison-Woods (1878b) as Amphihelia venusta and being common from the east coast of Australia at depths as shallow as 18 m could not be M. oculata . Although no specimens bearing this label were found at the Macleay or Australian Museums, it is suggested that Tenison-Woods may have been observing P. rediviva .