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
Author
Cairns, Stephen D.
text
ZooKeys
2016
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.562.7310
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.562.7310
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Taxon classification Animalia Scleractinia Flabellidae
Truncatoflabellum compressum (Lamarck, 1816)
Fig. 6D
Fungia compressa
Lamarck, 1816: 235; 1827: pl. 483, fig. 2.
Flabellum compressum
: Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848: 273-274 (synonymy).-
Duncan 1864
: 167.
Flabellum stokesii
Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848: 278, pl. 8, fig. 12.-
Moseley 1881
: 172-173 (in part: Challenger 190).-
Gerth 1921
: 402, pl. 567, fig. 14.-Not
Umbgrove 1950
: 640.-Not
Scheer and Pillai 1974
: 62 (=
Truncatoflabellum crassum
).
Flabellum oweni
Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848: 279, pl. 8, fig. 9.
Truncatoflabellum stokesi
:
Cairns 1989b
: 66, Table 6, pl. 33b-h, j (synonymy).
Truncatoflabellum compressum
:
Cairns 1989b
: 61 (listed).
Distribution.
Miocene: Java. Holocene: Philippines, Indonesia, "Indian Ocean" (Lamarck, 1816), 12-256 m.
Remarks.
This species, with a name overlooked since 1864, was beautifully illustrated by
Lamarck (1827)
. Its description and illustration (Fig. 6D, top) leave little doubt that it is the species that has become known as
Truncatoflabellum stokesi
.