Dendrophylliidae Gray, 1847

Cairns, S. D., 2004, The Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) of Australia, Records of the Australian Museum 56, pp. 259-329 : 312

Family Dendrophylliidae Gray, 1847

Balanophyllia bairdiana

Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848

Balanophyllia bairdiana Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848b: 87 .– Moseley, 1881: 190–192, pl. 12, figs. 4–7 (Vic, NSW).– Wells, 1958: 262 (listed).– Squires, 1961: 18 (listed).– Wells, 1964: 109, 114 (listed).– Shepherd & Veron, 1982: 178, fig. 4.55a, pl. 20 l (Vic, NSW).– Veron, 1986: 586–587, figs. 1–5 (NSW).– Cairns & Parker, 1992: 50, figs. 17a–c (Vic, Tas, NSW, Qld).– Veron, 2000: II, 387, figs. 8–10 (SA).–Cairns, 2001: 16 (listed).

Balanophyllia buccina Tenison-Woods, 1878b: 334–335 , pl. 4, fig. 4, pl. 5, figs. 5a–d (NSW).– Wells, 1964: 109, 114 (listed).– Veron, 1986: 586 (listed).–Cairns, 2001: 16 (listed).

Heteropsammia elliptica Tenison-Woods, 1878b: 339–340 , pl. 6, figs. 3a,b (NSW).– Wells, 1958: 262 (listed).– Squires, 1961: 18 (listed).– Wells, 1964: 109, 114 (listed).

Balanophyllia elliptica .– Tenison-Woods, 1880a: 296 (new combination).– Wells, 1964: 109 (listed).–Cairns, 2001: 16 (listed).

New records. VICTORIA: Kapala 77/1/13, 10, AM G16436 ; Kapala 96/12/05, 1, AM G15872 ; Kapala 96/21/06, 2, AM G15880 ; Kapala 97/ 01/05, 1, AM G15884 ; Southern Surveyor 05/94/43, 1, AM G16706 ; 37°34'S 149°25'E (off Gabo Island ), 155 m, October 1929, 4, AM G13329 . — TASMANIA: 40°24'S 148°15'E ( 24 km ENE Cape Barren Island ), depth and date unknown, 1, AM E2256 . — NEW SOUTH WALES: Franklin 10/86/05, 1, AM G16700 ; 34°03'S 151°10'E (south of Sydney ), 36–55 m, 8, AM G16616 ; 34°00'S 151°14'E (off Bare Island , La Perouse, near Sydney), 8 m, January 1968, 1, AM G13670 ; 33°30'S 151°51'E (37 km off Cape Three Points), 1, AM G16540 ; Kapala 78/21/10, 1, AM G16567 ; Kapala 78/26/08, 5, AM G16396 ; Kapala 96/11/01, 1, AM G15871 ; 33°45'S 151°19'E, depth unknown,1, AM G13609 ; 34°15'S 151°05'E ( Kimbla station 110°E of N Bulli Point), 128 m, December 1963, 7, AM G16490 ; Shelf Benthic Survey 33, many, AM G16657 . — QUEENSLAND: 27°25'S 153°20'E (east of Moreton Bay ), 115–176 m, 1969, 4, AM G15385 ; 27°02'S 153°28'E (northeast of Cape Moreton ), 115–124 m, 1967, 5, AM G15328 ; north of Cape Moreton , 36 m, 1, USNM 78650 ; 91 km SW of Cape Adieu , GBR, 79 m, 1, AM ; Kimbla 1, 9, AM G16488 . — WESTERN AUSTRALIA: Akademik Oparin 1987-3, 1, NTM C7782 .

Types. The holotype of B. bairdiana is reputed to be at BM ( Moseley, 1881), but has not been examined by the author. Type Locality: Unknown.

Four syntypes of B. buccina are deposited at the Macleay Museum. Type Locality: off Cape Three Points , NSW, 70 fm (= 128 m) .

The holotype of H. elliptica should be deposited at the Macleay Museum , but could not be located there or AM in 2002; it is presumed to be lost. Type Locality: Port Jackson, NSW, 16 fms (= 29 m) .