Culicia hoffmeisteri Squires, 1966

Cairns, S. D., 2004, The Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) of Australia, Records of the Australian Museum 56, pp. 259-329 : 273

Culicia hoffmeisteri Squires, 1966

Culicia tenella .– Hoffmeister, 1933: 11–12, pl. 3, figs. 1–2 (SA, NSW).– Totten, 1952: 975, 976, pl. 36, figs. 7–8 (SA).– Shepherd & Veron, 1982: 174–176, fig. 4.54e (SA).

Culicia hoffmeisteri Squires, 1966: 171–172 , pl. 1, fig. 3 (SA).– Eguchi, 1973: 86, pl. 1, figs. 6–7 (WA).–Cairns & Parker, 1992: 13–14, figs. 3a–d (WA, SA, Vic).– Cairns, 1998: 372 (WA).

New records. TASMANIA: Hai Kung 81-HK-1-738, 1, NMV F67811 ; Bass Strait on a cable, 25 March 1910, 1, USNM 92987 . — VICTORIA: Silver Gulf BSS 213, 1 colony with 100 corallites, NMV F67799 ; SPPS7, 1 colony, NMV F67901 ; Corinella, Western Port , several, NMV F67876 ; Cape Paterson-Inverloch , intertidal, 6 March 1982, 3 corallites, NMV F67797 . — NEW SOUTH WALES: 35°11'S 150°38'E ( Wreck Bay ), 18 m, 9April 1972, 1, AM G16505 ; off Sydney , 9 m, 2 colonies, USNM 78553 ; Cape Moreton , 7 May 1954, 1, USNM 78564 ; 33°50.9'S 151°14.5 (site 51), 0–5 m, 1, AM G16514 . — QUEENSLAND: Roma-983, 17°01'30"S 140°21'05"E, 18 m, 2 colonies, AM G16531 .— NORTHERN TERRITORY: Stoker Hill Wharf, Darwin Harbour , 1, 19 February 2002, NTM C8166 ; wreck of “Zealandia”, Darwin Harbour , 2 colonies, 29 July 1994, NTM C7966 ; Fort Hill Wharf, Darwin Harbour , 1, 15 August 1998, NTM C8136 .

Types. The holotype is AM E791 ; paratypes are also deposited at USNM (Cairns & Parker, 1992). Type Locality: “ 40 miles west of Kingston , South Australia ”, 55 m.