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<mods:namePart>Cairns, Stephen D.</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Sink, Kerry J.</mods:namePart>
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<taxonomicName authority="Cairns in Cairns &amp; Keller, 1993" authorityName="Cairns in Cairns &amp; Keller" authorityYear="1993" class="Anthozoa" family="Flabellidae" genus="Truncatoflabellum" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Truncatoflabellum zuluense" order="Scleractinia" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="zuluense">Truncatoflabellum zuluense Cairns in Cairns &amp; Keller, 1993</taxonomicName>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 13" captionStartId="F13" captionText="Figure 13. A, B Truncatoflabellum pusillum (SAM _ H 2839, off Cape Padrone, 37 m) A calicular view B lateral view C, D Truncatoflabellum zuluense (SAMC _ A 090096, off Cape Vidal, 85 m) C calicular view D lateral view E, F Truncatoflabellum sp (SAMC _ A 073161, off Port St. Johns, 140 - 145 m) E calicular view F lateral view G, H Fungiacyathus (Bathyactis) hydra (USNM 86869, off Alexandra Bay, 882 m) G calicular view H basal view I, L Fungiacyathus (Bathyactis) sibogae (SAM _ H 1697, off Mgobezeleni Estuary, 1050 m) I calicular view J basal view K calicular view L basal view M, N Fungiacyathus (Fungiacyathus) sp. (SAM _ H 1431, off Durban, 99 m) M calicular view N basal view O, P Guynia annulata (USNM 77201, off Port St. Johns, 138 m) O calicular view P lateral view. Scale bars: 10 mm (A-N); 2 mm (O, P)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1066.69697.figure13" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/604116" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Fig. 13C, D</figureCitation>
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Cairns in Cairns &amp; Keller" authorityYear="1993" class="Anthozoa" family="Flabellidae" genus="Truncatoflabellum" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Truncatoflabellum zuluense" order="Scleractinia" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="zuluense">Truncatoflabellum zuluense</taxonomicName>
Cairns in Cairns &amp; Keller, 1993: 267-268, figs 11F, G. -
<bibRefCitation author="Cairns, S" journalOrPublisher="ZooKeys" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="1 - 48" refId="B49" refString="Cairns, S, 2016. 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. ZooKeys 562: 1 - 48" title="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." volume="562" year="2016">Cairns 2016</bibRefCitation>
: 16, fig. 3A.
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. -
<bibRefCitation author="Boshoff, P" journalOrPublisher="Investigational Report" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="1 - 45" refId="B21" refString="Boshoff, P, 1981. An annotated checklist of southern African Scleractinia. South African Association for Marine Biological Research, Oceanographic Research Institute, Durban. Investigational Report 49: 1 - 45" title="An annotated checklist of southern African Scleractinia. South African Association for Marine Biological Research, Oceanographic Research Institute, Durban." volume="49" year="1981">Boshoff 1981</bibRefCitation>
: 34.
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Off Zululand, South Africa (RV 'Meiring
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stn. ZK21:
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,
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); 62-84 m (
<bibRefCitation author="Cairns, S" journalOrPublisher="Annals of the South African Museum" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="213 - 292" refId="B50" refString="Cairns, S, Keller, N, 1993. New taxa distributional records of azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Cnidaria, Anthozoa) from the tropical southwest Indian Ocean, with comments on their zoogeography and ecology. Annals of the South African Museum 103 (5): 213 - 292" title="New taxa distributional records of azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Cnidaria, Anthozoa) from the tropical southwest Indian Ocean, with comments on their zoogeography and ecology." volume="103" year="1993">Cairns and Keller 1993</bibRefCitation>
).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Type material.</paragraph>
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The holotype and most paratypes are deposited at NMNH, whilst one paratype being deposited at SAM (
<bibRefCitation author="Cairns, S" journalOrPublisher="Annals of the South African Museum" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="213 - 292" refId="B50" refString="Cairns, S, Keller, N, 1993. New taxa distributional records of azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Cnidaria, Anthozoa) from the tropical southwest Indian Ocean, with comments on their zoogeography and ecology. Annals of the South African Museum 103 (5): 213 - 292" title="New taxa distributional records of azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Cnidaria, Anthozoa) from the tropical southwest Indian Ocean, with comments on their zoogeography and ecology." volume="103" year="1993">Cairns and Keller 1993</bibRefCitation>
).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Material examined.</paragraph>
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SAMC_A073113 (
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margin,
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from
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/
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,
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.
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SAMC_A073182 (
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):
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margin,
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from
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/
<quantity metricMagnitude="4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.4" unit="km" value="24.0">24 km</quantity>
off
<collectingCounty>Buffalo Estuary</collectingCounty>
,
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,
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;
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</quantity>
.
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<materialsCitation collectingDate="2021-01-01" collectingDateMax="2021-12-31" collectingDateMin="2021-01-01" county="Mkomazi Estuary" elevation="100" latitude="-30.25" location="Eastern" longLatPrecision="1" longitude="30.904999" municipality="Scottburgh" specimenCount="1">
SAMC_A090095 (
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margin,
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from
<collectingMunicipality>Scottburgh</collectingMunicipality>
/
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off
<collectingCounty>Mkomazi Estuary</collectingCounty>
,
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,
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;
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<quantity metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.0" unit="m" value="100.0">
<elevation metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.0" unit="m" value="100.0">100 m</elevation>
</quantity>
.
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<materialsCitation collectingDate="2021-01-01" collectingDateMax="2021-12-31" collectingDateMin="2021-01-01" county="Mgobezeleni Estuary" elevation="85" latitude="-27.55333" location="Eastern" longLatPrecision="1" longitude="32.716667" municipality="Cape Vidal" specimenCount="1">
SAMC_A090096 (
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):
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margin,
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from
<collectingMunicipality>Cape Vidal</collectingMunicipality>
/
<quantity metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="7.0" unit="km" value="7.0">7 km</quantity>
off
<collectingCounty>Mgobezeleni Estuary</collectingCounty>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="27" direction="south" minutes="33" orientation="latitude" precision="1" seconds="11.99" value="-27.55333">27°33'11.99&quot;S</geoCoordinate>
,
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;
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<quantity metricMagnitude="1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="8.5" unit="m" value="85.0">
<elevation metricMagnitude="1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="8.5" unit="m" value="85.0">85 m</elevation>
</quantity>
.
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<materialsCitation collectingDate="2021-01-01" collectingDateMax="2021-12-31" collectingDateMin="2021-01-01" county="Cwili Estuary" elevation="66" latitude="-32.7625" location="Southern" longLatPrecision="1" longitude="28.4375" municipality="Cintsa" specimenCount="12">
SAM_H1398 (
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margin,
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from
<collectingMunicipality>Cintsa</collectingMunicipality>
/
<quantity metricMagnitude="4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.1" unit="km" value="11.0">11 km</quantity>
off
<collectingCounty>Cwili Estuary</collectingCounty>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="32" direction="south" minutes="45" orientation="latitude" precision="1" seconds="45.00" value="-32.7625">32°45'45.00&quot;S</geoCoordinate>
,
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;
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<quantity metricMagnitude="1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="6.6" unit="m" value="66.0">
<elevation metricMagnitude="1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="6.6" unit="m" value="66.0">66 m</elevation>
</quantity>
.
</specimenCount>
</materialsCitation>
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2021-01-01" collectingDateMax="2021-12-31" collectingDateMin="2021-01-01" county="Gqunube Estuary" elevation="90" latitude="-33.076664" location="Southern" longLatPrecision="1" longitude="28.109997" municipality="Gonubie" specimenCount="12">
SAM_H3156 (
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):
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margin,
<quantity metricMagnitude="4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.8" unit="km" value="18.0">18 km</quantity>
from
<collectingMunicipality>Gonubie</collectingMunicipality>
/off
<collectingCounty>Gqunube Estuary</collectingCounty>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="33" direction="south" minutes="04" orientation="latitude" precision="1" seconds="35.99" value="-33.076664">33°04'35.99&quot;S</geoCoordinate>
,
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;
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<quantity metricMagnitude="1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="9.0" unit="m" value="90.0">
<elevation metricMagnitude="1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="9.0" unit="m" value="90.0">90 m</elevation>
</quantity>
.
</specimenCount>
</materialsCitation>
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2021-01-01" collectingDateMax="2021-12-31" collectingDateMin="2021-01-01" county="Kosi Bay" elevation="65" latitude="-27.079998" location="Eastern" longLatPrecision="1" longitude="32.89167" municipality="Ponta Do Ouro" specimenCount="1" typeStatus="paratype">
SAM_H4581 (
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:
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):
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margin,
<quantity metricMagnitude="4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.5" unit="km" value="25.0">25 km</quantity>
south of
<collectingMunicipality>Ponta Do Ouro</collectingMunicipality>
/
<quantity metricMagnitude="4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.7" unit="km" value="17.0">17 km</quantity>
from
<collectingCounty>Kosi Bay</collectingCounty>
Estuary,
<geoCoordinate degrees="27" direction="south" minutes="04" orientation="latitude" precision="1" seconds="47.99" value="-27.079998">27°04'47.99&quot;S</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="32" direction="east" minutes="53" orientation="longitude" precision="1" seconds="30.00" value="32.89167">32°53'30.00&quot;E</geoCoordinate>
;
<specimenCount type="generic">
<quantity metricMagnitude="1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="6.5" unit="m" value="65.0">
<elevation metricMagnitude="1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="6.5" unit="m" value="65.0">65 m</elevation>
</quantity>
.
</specimenCount>
</materialsCitation>
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2021-01-01" collectingDateMax="2021-12-31" collectingDateMin="2021-01-01" county="Mgobezeleni Estuary" elevation="73" latitude="-27.78933" location="Eastern" longLatPrecision="1" longitude="32.651" municipality="Cape Vidal" specimenCount="84" typeStatus="Holotype">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
USNM 91747 (
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)
</emphasis>
:
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:F139A33FC9F21B7F155DAC49234F7A5B:CE2BA59AF0E3664ED737820ECBB37B54" county="Mgobezeleni Estuary" latitude="-27.78933" longLatPrecision="1" longitude="32.651" municipality="Cape Vidal" name="Eastern">Eastern</location>
margin,
<quantity metricMagnitude="4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.9" unit="km" value="39.0">39 km</quantity>
from
<collectingMunicipality>Cape Vidal</collectingMunicipality>
/
<quantity metricMagnitude="4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.9" unit="km" value="29.0">29 km</quantity>
off
<collectingCounty>Mgobezeleni Estuary</collectingCounty>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="27" direction="south" minutes="47" orientation="latitude" precision="1" seconds="21.59" value="-27.78933">27°47'21.59&quot;S</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="32" direction="east" minutes="39" orientation="longitude" precision="1" seconds="03.60" value="32.651">32°39'03.60&quot;E</geoCoordinate>
;
<quantity metricMagnitude="1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="7.3" metricValueMax="8.4" metricValueMin="6.2" unit="m" value="73.0" valueMax="84.0" valueMin="62.0">
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<specimenCount type="generic">84 m.</specimenCount>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="description">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Description.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
Corallum small to medium-sized (GCD ~ 10.0-18.0 mm), with thecal edge diverging in an angle between 28 and 38°. Calice compressed (GCD:LCD = 1.1-1.8), with a slightly serrated calicular margin. Basal scar 6.8
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
4.8 mm in diameter, with 24 septa originating from scar. Largest specimen examined (SAMC_A073182) 19.0
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
10.6 mm in CD, and 18.7 mm in H. Theca smooth, sometimes bearing a pair of basal spines. Thecal faces diverge in an angle ~ 18-23° and thecal edge ~ 35-48°. Anthocyathi and anthocauli remain attached, but fracture zone is demarcated by a thin line. Corallum white, with costae a darker tint of reddish or greenish brown.
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Septa hexamerally arranged in five cycles, the last cycle incomplete, according to the formula: S1-2&gt; S3 &gt;&gt; S4&gt; S5 (≤ 80 septa). S1-2 bear vertical and sinuous axial margins. S3 ~
<normalizedToken originalValue="¾">3/4</normalizedToken>
the width of S1-2, also with sinuous axial margin. S4 small, ~ 1/3 the width of S3, and bearing dentate axial margin. S5 rudimentary. Septal faces granular. Fossa deep, with a rudimentary columella formed by the fusion of S1-2 lower axial margins.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="distribution">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Distribution.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Regional: Southern and eastern margin of South Africa, from off Gonubie extending towards Cape Vidal; 62-110 m. Elsewhere: Only known from South Africa.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="remarks">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Remarks.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<taxonomicName authorityName="Cairns in Cairns &amp; Keller" authorityYear="1993" class="Anthozoa" family="Flabellidae" genus="Truncatoflabellum" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Truncatoflabellum zuluense" order="Scleractinia" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="zuluense">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Truncatoflabellum zuluense</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is known to occur in the KwaZulu-Natal region and is distinctive in the anthocaulus often remains attached to the anthocyathus throughout development. Amongst the 38 Recent species of the genus,
<taxonomicName genus="T." lsidName="T. zuluense" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="zuluense">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">T. zuluense</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName genus="T." lsidName="T. dens" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="dens">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">T. dens</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Alcock, 1902a) are the only two species known to usually maintain such an attachment long into ontogenesis. However, the two species may be distinguished by thecal face (14-18° in
<taxonomicName genus="T." lsidName="T. dens" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="dens">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">T. dens</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
vs. 18-22° in
<taxonomicName genus="T." lsidName="T. zuluense" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="zuluense">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">T. zuluense</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) and thecal edge angles (bimodal in
<taxonomicName genus="T." lsidName="T. dens" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="dens">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">T. dens</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
vs. 35 to 48° in
<taxonomicName genus="T." lsidName="T. zuluense" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="zuluense">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">T. zuluense</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), and GCD:LCD ratio (1.7-2.3 in
<taxonomicName genus="T." lsidName="T. dens" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="dens">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">T. dens</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
vs. 1.4-2.0 in
<taxonomicName genus="T." lsidName="T. zuluense" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="zuluense">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">T. zuluense</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
). Among South African congeners,
<taxonomicName genus="T." lsidName="T. zuluense" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="zuluense">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">T. zuluense</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
may be mistaken with
<taxonomicName genus="T." lsidName="T. gardineri" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="gardineri">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">T. gardineri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, whereby the resemblance and morphological differences between them are detailed by
<bibRefCitation author="Cairns, S" journalOrPublisher="Annals of the South African Museum" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="213 - 292" refId="B50" refString="Cairns, S, Keller, N, 1993. New taxa distributional records of azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Cnidaria, Anthozoa) from the tropical southwest Indian Ocean, with comments on their zoogeography and ecology. Annals of the South African Museum 103 (5): 213 - 292" title="New taxa distributional records of azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Cnidaria, Anthozoa) from the tropical southwest Indian Ocean, with comments on their zoogeography and ecology." volume="103" year="1993">Cairns and Keller (1993)</bibRefCitation>
in their account of the species and keyed by
<bibRefCitation author="Cairns, S" journalOrPublisher="ZooKeys" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="1 - 48" refId="B49" refString="Cairns, S, 2016. 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. ZooKeys 562: 1 - 48" title="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." volume="562" year="2016">Cairns (2016)</bibRefCitation>
.
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