Conotrochus brunneus ( Moseley, 1881 )

Cairns, S. D., 2004, The Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) of Australia, Records of the Australian Museum 56, pp. 259-329 : 278-279

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scientific name	Conotrochus brunneus ( Moseley, 1881 )
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Conotrochus brunneus ( Moseley, 1881) View in CoL

Fig. 3G

Pleurocyathus brunneus Moseley, 1881: 159–160 View in CoL , pl. 2, figs. 1a–c.

Conotrochus brunneus View in CoL .– Veron, 1986: 607, fig. (Qld,? NSW,? Vic).–Not Cairns & Parker, 1992: 22 (reference in discussion of C. funicolumna View in CoL ).– Cairns, 1995: 74–75, pl. 20, figs. a,b (SM, NZ, description, synonymy).–Cairns & Zibrowius, 1997: 127– 128, fig. 16e (remarks).– Cairns, 1999a: 101 (remarks).

New records. QUEENSLAND: Franklin 03/99/D14, 7, USNM 1008294 (SEM 1006); Kimbla 1, east of Lady Elliot Island, 7, USNM 78626.

Types. The holotype is deposited at BM. Type Locality: 4°34'S 129°57'30"E (off Banda Island , Indonesia), 366 m ( Cairns, 1995) GoogleMaps .

Remarks. Veron (1986: 607) listed this species as having an Australian distribution “from the Great Barrier Reef to the Bass Strait”, but no records in any Australian museums could be found from New South Wales or Victoria.

A juvenile specimen ( Fig. 3G) clearly shows the original attachment and the secondary lateral thecal adhesion, which is characteristic of this species.