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Letepsammia fissilis Cairns 1995

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Description

Letepsammia fissilis Cairns, 1995

Letepsammia fissilis Cairns, 1995: 35–36, pl. 3, figs. a–e (NZ); 1998: 371 (WA).

New records. NEW SOUTH WALES: Kapala 78/27/1, 1 fragment, AM G15275. — QUEENSLAND: Cidaris I 43-2, 30 fragments, MTQ G56431.

Types. The holotype is Museum of New Zealand, Wellington CO 281; paratypes are split among the Museum of New Zealand, NZOI, and USNM. Type Locality: 34°20'S 173°06'E (off North Cape, New Zealand), 163–168 m.

Notes

Published as part of Cairns, S. D., 2004, The Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) of Australia, pp. 259-329 in Records of the Australian Museum 56 on page 271

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
AM , MTQ , NZOI, USNM
Family
Micrabaciidae
Genus
Letepsammia
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Scleractinia
Phylum
Cnidaria
Scientific name authorship
Cairns
Species
fissilis
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype , paratype
Taxonomic concept label
Letepsammia fissilis Cairns, 1995 sec. Cairns, 2004

References

  • Cairns, S. D., 1995. The marine fauna of New Zealand: Scleractinia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa). New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 103: 210 pp., 44 pls., 22 maps.