Notophyllia etheridgi Hoffmeister, 1933

Cairns, S. D., 2004, The Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) of Australia, Records of the Australian Museum 56, pp. 259-329 : 317

Notophyllia etheridgi Hoffmeister, 1933

Sphenotrochus variolaris Tenison-Woods, 1878a: 189–190 (in part: 15 of the 49 Recent specimens from Port Stephens, NSW); 1878b: 307 (in part, NSW).– Wells, 1958: 262 (in part, listed).– Squires, 1961: 19 (in part, listed).

Notophyllia recta Dennant, 1906: 163 (in part: specimens from Cape Jaffa, SA).– Howchin, 1909: 248 (in part: specimens from Cape Jaffa, SA).– Boschma, 1952: 239–245 (in part: pl. 1, figs. 1–3, 9–12, 14–16, 18–20, 27–30, NSW).

Notophyllia etheridgi Hoffmeister, 1933: 13–14 , pl. 4, figs. 1–3 (NSW).– Boschma, 1959: 1 (remarks).–Cairns & Parker, 1992: 52, figs. 18b,c (description, synonymy, Vic, NSW).– Cairns, 1998: 406 (remarks); 2001: 26 (listed).

Notophyllia etheridgei .– Wells, 1958: 262 (listed).– Squires, 1961: 18 (listed).– Wells, 1964: 109 (listed).– Veron, 1986: 610 (listed).

Notophyllia variolaris .– Wells, 1964: 109 (in part, listed).– Veron, 1986: 610 (in part, listed).

New records. VICTORIA: Franklin Slope 41, 1, NMV F67147 . — NEW SOUTH WALES: Franklin Slope 21, 1, NMV F67145 ; Port Stephens, 130 m, (labelled as “ type of Sphenotrochus spongiosa T-W”, an unpublished manuscript name), 1, Macleay Museum; 32°42'S 152°15'E ( Port Stephens ), depth and date unknown, 1, AM G16656 ; Shelf Benthic Survey 5, 67: 5, USNM 1009343 , 62 , AM G15349 and 16507; 34°03'S 151°10'E (off Cronulla ), depth unknown, 6 November 1963, 7, AM G15321 and G15331 ; 33°50'S 151°40'E (east of Sydney ), 150 m, date unknown, 2, AM G15338 ; Southern Surveyor 05/94/156, 30, AM G16496 .

Types. The holotype (E6786) and 2 paratypes are deposited at AM; 2 paratypes are also at USNM ( Cairns, 1991b). Type Locality: off Eden , New South Wales, 37–44 m.