Solenosmilia variabilis Duncan, 1873

Cairns, S. D., 2004, The Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) of Australia, Records of the Australian Museum 56, pp. 259-329 : 284-285

Solenosmilia variabilis Duncan, 1873

Solenosmilia variabilis Duncan, 1873: 328 , pl. 42, figs. 11–18.– Hoffmeister, 1933: 14, pl. 4, fig. 7 (NSW).– Wells, 1964: 109 (listed: NSW).– Cairns, 1982: 31, pl. 9, figs. 4–5 (synonymy, description).– Veron, 1986: 608 (listed).–Cairns & Parker, 1992: 29–30, figs. 8d,e (SA, Tas, Vic, NSW, WA).– Cairns, 1995: 82, pl. 23d,e ( NZ, remarks); 1998: 388 (WA).–Koslow & Gowlett-Holmes, 1998: 38 (listed: Tas).– Koslow et al., 2001: 115–123 (Tas).

New records. SOUTH AUSTRALIA: “ F. V. Comet ”, 176 km SSE of Cape du Couedic, Kangaroo Island , 900–1000 m, 14 February 1988, 1 colony, USNM 86839 . — VICTORIA: Franklin Slope 67, 2, NMV F67150 ; Franklin Slope 68, several fragments, NMV F67138 . — QUEENSLAND: Franklin 06/88/x, 7 dead branches, AM G16710 . — NEW SOUTH WALES: East of Eden , 12 December 1986, 1600 m, 2 branches, USNM 1008876 . — WESTERN AUSTRALIA: “Orion”, 35°26'S 118°20'E, 900 m, 1 branch, SAM H11238 .

Types. The syntypes are deposited at BM. Type Locality: off southwestern Spain, 1190–2003 m .

Stephanocyathus (Acinocyathus) explanans (Marenzeller, 1904)

Stephanotrochus explanans Marenzeller, 1904b: 304–307 , pl. 18, figs. 19a,b.

Stephanocyathus (A.) explanans .–Cairns & Zibrowius, 1997: 119, fig. 14e (synonymy, description).– Cairns, 1998: 381 (WA).

New records. WESTERN AUSTRALIA: Bhagwan 4, 1, WAM Z13060 ; Bhagwan 24, 2: 1, USNM 1009430, 1, WAM Z13184 .

Types. Ten syntypes are deposited at ZMB, although they have not been examined by the author. Type Locality: off Sumatra , Zanzibar Island, and Pemba, southwest Indian Ocean, 245–614 m.