Placotrochides scaphula Alcock, 1902

Cairns, S. D., 2004, The Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) of Australia, Records of the Australian Museum 56, pp. 259-329 : 307

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2201-4349

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5240366

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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/903C8031-875E-5971-FEF2-B944FC76FB8B

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scientific name

Placotrochides scaphula Alcock, 1902
status

 

Placotrochides scaphula Alcock, 1902 View in CoL

Placotrochides scaphula Alcock, 1902b: 121–122 View in CoL .– Cairns, 1989a: 78–79, pl. 40, fig. l, pl. 41, figs. a–e (synonymy, description).– Cairns & Parker, 1992: 48–49, figs. 15h,i (Vic).– Cairns, 1994: 79–80, pl. 34, figs. f–h (remarks); 1995: 116–117, pl. 38, fig. j, pl. 39, fig. a ( NZ).–Cairns & Zibrowius, 1997: 174 (synonymy, remarks).

New records. QUEENSLAND: Cidaris I 9-2, 1, MTQ G55694 ; Cidaris I 11-2, 2, MTQ G55695 ; Cidaris I 30-2, 16, MTQ G55696 ; Cidaris I 35- 2, 1, MTQ G55698 ; Cidaris I 35-3, 2, MTQ G55697 .

Types. The holotype is ZMA Coel. 1094. Type Locality: 5°54.5'S 120°19.2'E ( Flores Sea ), 462 m. GoogleMaps

Remarks. The holotype of P. scaphula was based on a specimen with a GCD (and basal scar) of 6.8 mm, but since then much larger specimens have been reported, up to 13 mm ( Cairns, 1989a) and as small as 5 mm GCD (Cairns & Parker, 1992).

ZMA

Universiteit van Amsterdam, Zoologisch Museum

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Cnidaria

Class

Anthozoa

Order

Scleractinia

Family

Flabellidae

Genus

Placotrochides

Loc

Placotrochides scaphula Alcock, 1902

Cairns, S. D. 2004
2004
Loc

Placotrochides scaphula

Cairns, S 1994: 79
Cairns, S 1989: 78
Alcock, A 1902: 122
1902
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