Astrangia atrata ( Dennant, 1906 )

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

Astrangia atrata ( Dennant, 1906)

Figs. 3A,B

Dendrophyllia atrata Dennant, 1906: 163–165 , pl. 6, figs. 5a,b (SA).– Howchin, 1909: 248 (listed).– Shepherd & Veron, 1982: 178, fig. 4.54g (figured).– Veron, 1986: 578 (listed).– Stranks, 1993: 21 (type deposition).

Tubastrea [sic] atrata .– Wells, 1958: 262 (listed).– Squires, 1961: 19 (listed).

Astrangia woodsi .– Shepherd & Veron, 1982: 176, fig. 5.54c (figured).– Veron, 1986: 601, 2 figs. (colour and black and white, SA).–? Veron, 2000: II, 318, fig. 3 (NSW).

Astrangia atrata .–Cairns & Parker, 1992: 14, figs. 3e–g (SA, Vic, NSW).– Cairns, 1998: 372 (WA).

New records. SOUTH AUSTRALIA: PL 94-50, 1 colony, QUO; Investigator Straits , 37 m, 1 corallite, AM G12061 (probably part of type series) . — TASMANIA: Tangaroa 81-T-1-162, 1 colony, NMV F67800 ; Tangaroa 81-T-1-173, 1 corallite, NMV F67796 . — NEW SOUTH WALES: 34°04.3'S 151°07.7'E ( Port Hacking ), subtidal, 19 November 1967, 1 colony of 19 corallites, AM G13674 and G13676 ; 34°04.3'S 151°07.7E ( Port Hacking ), 9 m, 26 March 1967, 1, AM G14457 ; 33°49.5'S 151°18'E ( North Heads ), 29 m, 26 May 1972, 1, AM G15333 ; 33°51'S 151°17'E (Watson’s Bay, Port Jackson ), 2 colonies, AM G7006 ; 33°59.6'S 151°13.7'E ( Bare Island West), 3.5 m, November 1963, several corallites, AM G14459 ; 28°51'S 153°36'E ( Richmond Dox ), depth and date unknown, 1, AM G12893 ; 29°29'S 153°22'E (Angourie, Clarence River mouth), intertidal, September 1963, 1, AM G14458 ; 33°44'S 151°19'E (Long Reef, Collaroy, north of Port Jackson ), 2 June 1957, 1, AM G14456 ; 35°03'S 150°44'E ( Jervis Bay ), depth and date unknown, 1, AM G958 .

Types. Two syntypes are NMV F59349 and F41517 ( Stranks, 1993). Type Locality: St. Vincent’s Gulf, Investigator Straits, and Backstairs Passage , South Australia, 26–40 m.