Dendrophyllia alcocki ( Wells, 1954 )

Cairns, S. D., 2004, The Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) of Australia, Records of the Australian Museum 56, pp. 259-329 : 315

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scientific name	Dendrophyllia alcocki ( Wells, 1954 )
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Dendrophyllia alcocki ( Wells, 1954) View in CoL

Sclerhelia alcocki Wells, 1954: 465–466 , pl. 177, figs. 1–2.

Dendrophyllia alcocki View in CoL .– Zibrowius, 1974: 570–573, figs, 10–14 (remarks).– Cairns, 1995: 126–127, pls. 43g –i, 44a,b (synonymy, NZ, SM).–Cairns & Zibrowius, 1997: 193 (remarks).– Cairns, 1998: 408, fig. 9g (WA); 1999a: 134 (remarks).

New records. SEAMOUNTS: Franklin 08/88/D4 (Argo Bank), 2 branches, AM G16598; Franklin 05/89/15 (Elizabeth Reef, LHSMC), 1 branch, AM G16326; Franklin 05/89/46 (Britannia), 7 branches, AM G16483; Franklin 05/89/47 (Britannia), 1 branch, AM G16592; NZOI U210 (Taupo), 2 branches, AM G16550. — QUEENSLAND: Cidaris I 52- 2, 1 branch, MTQ G55638.

Types. The holotype, now broken into 4 pieces, is deposited at USNM and BM ( Cairns, 1995). Type Locality: off Bikini Atoll , Marshall Islands, 177–243 m.