Culicia australiensis Hoffmeister, 1933

Cairns, S. D., 2004, The Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) of Australia, Records of the Australian Museum 56, pp. 259-329 : 273

Culicia australiensis Hoffmeister, 1933

Cylicia [sic] rubeola.– Dennant, 1904: 9 (SA).– Howchin, 1909: 247 (listed).

Culicia australiensis Hoffmeister, 1933: 12 , pl. 3, figs. 3–4 (SA).– Wells, 1958: 263, pl. 1, figs. 3–4 (WA).– Squires, 1961: 18 (listed).– Veron, 1986: 600, black and white figure (listed).– Cairns & Parker, 1992: 12–13, figs. 2a,d,g (WA, SA, Tas).– Cairns, 1998: 371–372 (WA, NT).

Culicia (?) sp. cf. C. (?) quinaria .– Wells, 1958: 263–264, pl. 1, figs. 5–7 (Tas).– Squires, 1961: 18 (listed).

New records. SOUTH AUSTRALIA: PL94-36B, 1, QUO; PL94-68, 1, QUO; 32°46'S 133°18'E (15 miles (= 24 km) south of St. Francis Island ), 55 m, 1, AM E1072 . — TASMANIA: Tangaroa 81-T-1-195, 1, NMV F67823 . — WESTERN AUSTRALIA: Lady Basten 1030701, 2 colonies, WAM Z16024 and Z16023 .

Types. Two syntypes, one colony with 17 corallites the other having 15, are AM E818 . Type Locality: off Marsden Point , Kangaroo Island, S. A., 31 m.

Remarks. The colonies from Western Australia have very large corallites (up to 8.3 mm in diameter) and welldeveloped coenosteum between corallites.