Placotrochus laevis Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848

Cairns, Stephen D., 2016, A key to the genera and species of the transversely-dividing Flabellidae (Anthozoa, Scleractinia, Flabellidae), with a guide to the literature, and the description of two new species, ZooKeys 562, pp. 1-48 : 24-25

publication ID	https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.562.7310
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scientific name	Placotrochus laevis Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
status

Treatment

Taxon classification Animalia Scleractinia Flabellidae

Placotrochus laevis Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 View in CoL Fig. 12C

Placotrochus laevis Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848: 283, pl. 8, figs 15, 15a.-Semper 1872: 251-252, pl. 18, figs 11-13.- Bourne 1905: 200-201, pl. 1, fig. 5.- Cairns 1989b: 75-76, pl. 39 c–g (synonymy).- Cairns and Zibrowius 1997: 175.- Cairns 2004: 307 (synonymy).- Cairns and Kitahara 2012: pl. 20, figs I–J.

Placotrochus candeanus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848: 283-284.

Placotrochus pedicellatus Tenison-Woods, 1879: 134-135, pl. 13, figs 7, 7a.

New record.

Alpha Helix M-21: 8°45'S, 144°05.8'E, 55 m, 1 specimen, USNM 1130681.

Distribution.

As for genus.