The Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) of Australia
Author
Cairns, S. D.
text
Records of the Australian Museum
2004
56
259
329
journal article
2201-4349
Dendrophyllia incisa
(
Crossland, 1952
)
Balanophyllia incisa
Crossland, 1952: 166–167
, pl. 15, figs. 1–2
(
Qld
).–
Wells, 1964: 109
(
listed
).–
Veron, 1986: 586
(
listed
).
Dendrophyllia incisa
.–Stephenson & Wells, 1956: 55 (
listed
).
New records
. None.
Types
.
The
holotype
is
BM 1934.5
.14.369. Type Locality: Great Barrier Reef, depth unknown
.
Remarks
. Although often reported as a
Balanophyllia
, the
type
specimen is a colony, indicative of the genus
Dendrophyllia
. This species is known only from the
type
specimen.