Truncatoflabellum aculeatum (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848)

Cairns, Stephen D., 2016, A key to the genera and species of the transversely-dividing Flabellidae (Anthozoa, Scleractinia, Flabellidae), with a guide to the literature, and the description of two new species, ZooKeys 562, pp. 1-48 : 13-14

Taxon classification Animalia Scleractinia Flabellidae

Truncatoflabellum aculeatum (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) Fig. 5D

Flabellum aculeatum Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848: 272, pl. 8, figs 3, 3a.- Cairns 1989a: 643, fig. 1 (lower).

Flabellum spinosum Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848: 271, pl. 8, fig. 4.

Flabellum variable Semper, 1872: 245-251, pl. 17, pl. 18, figs 1-10.

Flabellum rubrum : Umbgrove 1938: 264 (in part).

Truncatoflabellum aculeatum : Cairns 1989b: 61-64, Table 6, pl. 31h-l, 32a-c.- Cairns and Zibrowius 1997: 166-167.- Cairns 1998: 399-400, Table 4; 1999: 123; 2004: 308 (synonymy).

New records.

Tansei Maru KT9202, YT1, 30°14'48"N, 130°46'06"E, 80-88 m, 2 specimens, USNM 92790; Singapore, depth unknown, 1 specimen, USNM 1279597.

Distribution.

Pleistocene: Indonesia. Holocene: Okinawa, Philippines, Indonesia, Vanuatu, off Queensland, Northern Territory and Western Australia, 11-132 m.