Flabellum (F.) transversale Moseley, 1881

Cairns, S. D., 2004, The Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) of Australia, Records of the Australian Museum 56, pp. 259-329 : 303

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Flabellum (F.) transversale Moseley, 1881 View in CoL

Flabellum transversale Moseley, 1881: 174 View in CoL , pl. 6, figs. 6, 6a ( F. elongatum View in CoL in plate caption) (Vic).– Not Thomson & Rennet, 1931: 41 (= F. impensum View in CoL ).– Not Yabe & Eguchi, 1942: 99

(= Truncatoflabellum sp. ).– Squires, 1961: 18 (listed).– Veron, 1986: 603 (listed).–Cairns & Parker, 1992: 45–46, figs. 15d,e, g (Vic).

New records. NEW SOUTH WALES: 33°39'S 151°30'E (Gascoyne, near Sydney ), 146 m, May 1989, 2, AM G15339 GoogleMaps ; 33°30'S 151°25'E (Cape Three Points) GoogleMaps , depth and date unknown, 1, AM G16701 . — QUEENSLAND: Kimbla 1, 1, AM G16337 .

Types. The holotype is BM 1880.11 .25.84. Type Locality: 39°10'S 146°37'E (Bass Strait near Wilsons Promontory , Victoria), 70 m. GoogleMaps

Remarks. The three specimens reported herein are considered to be juvenile specimens of F. transversale , the largest 10.4 mm in GCD and having only 48 septa (S1– 2>>S3>S4). In this regard they are similar in size and shape to the subspecies reported as F. transversale conicum Yabe & Eguchi, 1942 from Japan.