Ceradocus oliveri Appadoo & Myers, 2006

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Ceradocus oliveri Appadoo & Myers, 2006

Ceradocus oliveri Appadoo & Myers, 2006: 10 , figs 7–9.— Krapp-Schickel & Vader, 2009: 2061 –2065 (key).

Material examined. Queensland: 1 specimen, AM P.75609, outer reef, north of Third Lagoon , One Tree Island (23°29′05″S 152°04′07″E), 10 m, dead coral, Halimeda sp. and red algal tufts, 29 October 2006, coll. I. Takeuchi and J.K. Lowry (QLD 2003) ; 3 specimens, AM P.75608, Steve’s bommie, outer reef, near Two Trees Islet , One Tree Island (23°29′04″S 152°05′27″E), 13 m, coral rubble with epiphytes and solitary ascidians, 27 October 2006, coll. L.E. Hughes and J.K. Lowry (QLD 1978) ; 2 specimens, AM P.75703, Steve’s bommie, outer reef, near Two Trees Islet , One Tree Island (23°29′04″S 152°05′27″E), 13 m, red coralline algae with epiphytes, Dictyota sp. and Halimeda sp., 27 October 2006, coll. L.E. Hughes and J.K. Lowry (QLD 1977) ; 1 specimen, AM P.75607, northwest corner of Goodes Island, Torres Strait (10°33′35″S 142°09′09″E), 7.8 m, dead coral like Tubipora musica , 29 September 2006, coll. M. Capa and L.E. Hughes (QLD 1874) ; 1 specimen, AM P.75606, Northwest Islet, Torres Strait (10°18′55″S 142°05′26″E), 4.8 m, dead coral branches, 1 October 2006, coll. M. Capa and L.E. Hughes (QLD 1920).

Type locality. Rodrigues Island, on reef crest among rhodolite samples (19°39.527′S 63°23.752′E).

Remarks. Material reported here extends the distribution of C. oliveri from Rodrigues in the Indian Ocean to the Coral Sea, northern Queensland.

Distribution. Indian Ocean: Rodrigues ( Appadoo & Myers 2006). Australia. Queensland: Lizard Island, Torres Strait (current study).