Culicia quinaria (Tenison-Woods, 1878)

Cairns, S. D., 2004, The Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) of Australia, Records of the Australian Museum 56, pp. 259-329 : 273-274

Culicia quinaria (Tenison-Woods, 1878)

Cylicia [sic] rubeola.–Tenison Woods, 1878b: 324–325 (AM G14437) (NSW).

Cylicia [sic] quinaria Tenison-Woods, 1878b: 326–327 , pl. 5, figs. 3a–e (NSW).

Not Culicia sp. cf. C. quinaria .– Wells, 1958: 263 (= C. australiensis ).

Culicia quinaria .–Cairns & Parker, 1992: 12, fig. 2h (remarks).

New records. NEW SOUTH WALES: 33°50.48'S 151°33'E ( Chowder Bay ), 0.5 m, 6 June 2001, 1, AM G16613 ; 33°51.29'S 151°12.11'E ( Darling Harbour ), 7 m, 21 May 2001, 1, AM G16614 ; 33°51.75'S 151°13.29'E ( Garden Island ), 7 m, 21 May 2001, 3 colonies, AM G16542 ; 33°50.57'S 151°11.52'E ( Balls Head Bay ), 3 m, 24 April 2001, 1 colony, AM G16537 ; 33°44'S 151°19'E (Long Reef, Collaroy ), depth unknown, 1 large colony, AM G14451 ; 33°51'S 151°16'E ( Port Jackson ), depth and date unknown, 4 colonies, AM G14437 . — QUEENSLAND: Square Reef , 10 m, 22 July 1973, 3 corallites, USNM 78554 .

Types. Nine corallites (syntypes) are deposited at the Macleay Museum. Type Locality: near Port Jackson , New South Wales, depth unknown .