Truncatoflabellum cumingi, Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848

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

Truncatoflabellum cumingi

(Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848)

Figs. 10J,K

Flabellum cumingii Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848a: 275 , pl. 8, fig. 11.

Not Flabellum irregulare Semper, 1872: 242 .

Flabellum irregulare Tenison-Woods, 1878b: 313 (NSW) new synonym.– Wells, 1964: 109 (listed).– Veron, 1986: 603 (listed).

Flabellum rubrum .– Crossland, 1952: 105–106 (Qld).–Stephenson & Wells, 1956: 56 (listed).– Wells, 1964: 108 (listed).

Truncatoflabellum cumingi .– Cairns, 1989a: 69, pl. 35f–i (synonymy, description, neotype designation).

New record. WESTERN AUSTRALIA: KH72-1-30, 1, USNM 97519.

Types. The neotype of F. cumingii , designated by Cairns (1989a), is deposited at USNM (81976). Type Locality: 1°08.6'N 128°01'E (Halmahera), 46–55 m.

The uncatalogued holotype of F. irregulare Tenison-Woods, 1878 is deposited at the Macleay Museum ( Figs. 10J,K). Type Locality: off Port Stephens , New South Wales, 128 m.

Remarks. Flabellum irregulare Tenison-Woods, 1878b is a junior primary homonym of Flabellum irregulare Semper, 1872 , both species now attributed to Truncatoflabellum . A replacement name for the Tenison-Woods species is not proposed as it appears to be a junior synonym of T. cumingi .