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Platytrochus compressus

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Platytrochus compressus (Tenison-Woods, 1878)

Conocyathus compressus Tenison-Woods, 1878b: 302–303 (in part: lectotype, pl. 5, figs. 1a,b) (NSW).– Squires, 1961: 18 (listed).

Not Platytrochus compressus.– Dennant, 1904: 4–5 (= P. laevigatus).– Howchin, 1909: 245 (= P. laevigatus).– Eguchi, 1973: 85 (= P. laevigatus).– Shepherd & Veron, 1982: 178, fig. 4.54d.

Platytrochus compressus.– Howchin, 1909: 245 (listed, in part: specimens from type locality).– Wells, 1958: 262 (listed).– Squires, 1961: 18 (listed).– Wells, 1964: 109 (listed).– Veron, 1986: 608 (listed).–Cairns & Parker, 1992: 36 (lectotype designation, remarks, NSW).–Cairns, 1997: 29 (listed).

New records. None.

Types. The lectotype, designated by Cairns & Parker (1992), is deposited at the Macleay Museum; the paralectotype, which is Foveolocyathus verconis, is AM G7024. Type Locality: off Port Stephens, 130 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 299

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
AM
Family
Turbinoliidae
Genus
Platytrochus
Kingdom
Animalia
Material sample ID
G7024
Order
Scleractinia
Phylum
Cnidaria
Scientific name authorship
Tenison-Woods
Species
compressus
Taxon rank
species
Type status
lectotype
Taxonomic concept label
Platytrochus compressus (Tenison-Woods, 1878) sec. Cairns, 2004

References

  • Tenison-Woods, J. E., 1878 b. On the extratropical corals of Australia. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2: 292 - 341, pls. 4 - 6.
  • Squires, D. F., 1961. Deep sea corals collected by the Lamont Geological Observatory. 2. Scotia Sea corals. American Museum Novitates 2046: 48 pp., including 31 figs.
  • Dennant, J., 1904. Recent corals from the South Australian and Victorian coasts. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 28: 1 - 11, 2 pls.
  • Howchin, W., 1909. Notes on the discovery of a large mass of living coral in Gulf St. Vincent, with bibliographical references to the Recent corals of South Australia. Transactions and Proceedings and Report of the Royal Society of South Australia 33: 242 - 252.
  • Eguchi, M., 1973. On some new or little known corals from Japan and Australia. Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory, Kyoto (Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on Cnidaria) 20: 81 - 86, 1 pl.
  • Shepherd, S. A., & J. E. N. Veron, 1982. Stony corals (Order Scleractinia or Madreporaria). In Marine Invertebrates of Southern Australia. Part 1, ed. S. A. Shepherd & I. M. Thomas, pp. 169 - 178, figs. 4.41 - 4.55. Adelaide: Govt. Printer.
  • Wells, J. W., 1958. Scleractinian Corals. B. A. N. Z. A. R. E. Reports (Series B) 6 (11): 257 - 275, 2 pls.
  • Wells, J. W., 1964. Ahermatypic corals from Queensland. University of Queensland Papers, Department of Zoology 2 (6): 107 - 121, 3 pls.
  • Veron, J. E. N., 1986. Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific. Pp. xii + 644, many unnumbered figs. North Ryde [Sydney]: Angus & Robertson.