Flabellum (Flabellum) australe Moseley, 1881

Cairns, S. D., 2004, The Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) of Australia, Records of the Australian Museum 56, pp. 259-329 : 302

Flabellum (Flabellum) australe Moseley, 1881

Flabellum sp. Moseley, 1876: 546 (NSW).

Flabellum australe Moseley, 1881: 173–174 , pl. 7, figs. 4–5 (NSW).– Not Alcock, 1902c: 30–31 (= F. patens ).– Dennant, 1906: 151 (SA).– Howchin, 1909: 245 (listed).–Thomson & Rennet, 1931: 41 (Tas).– Veron, 1986: 603 (listed).–Cairns & Parker, 1992: 43–45, figs. 15a–c, f (SA, Vic, Tas, NSW).

Flabellum distinctum .– Tenison-Woods, 1878b: 311 (NSW).– Veron, 1986: 603 (listed).

Flabellum pavoninum typical.– Hoffmeister, 1933: 2–5 (in part: specimen #3, SA).– Shepherd & Veron, 1982: 177, fig. 4.54i (listed).– Wells, 1958: 262 (listed).– Squires, 1961: 18 (listed).– Wells, 1964: 114, pl. 1. figs. 13–14 (Qld).– Veron, 1986: 603 (listed).

Flabellum pavoninum var. distinctum .– Hoffmeister, 1933: 5–7 (in part: specimen #11, SA).– Squires, 1961: 18 (listed).

“beautiful coral” Coucom, 1982: 5, fig. upper right (NSW).

New records. TASMANIA: “ Penghana ”, 42°35'40"S 148°11'20"E, 825– 915 m, 25 March 1970, 1, AM G15939 . — VICTORIA: Southern Surveyor 05/94/43, 4, AM G15937 ; Southern Surveyor 05/94/86, 4, AM G16497 . — NEW SOUTH WALES: Kapala 75/08/01, 12, AM G16417 ; Kapala 75/ 08/03, 2, AM G16418 ; Kapala 75/12/07, 1, AM G16420 ; Kapala 77/01/ 13–15, 6, AM G16437 ; Kapala 77/13/10, 1, AM G16491 ; Kapala 77/ 23/08, 3, AM G15812 ; Kapala 78/03/03, 2, AM G16399 ; Kapala 78/21/ 06, 1, AM G16381 ; Kapala 78/21/10, 4, AM G16382 ; Kapala 78/22/02, 5, AM G16407 ; Kapala 78/22/04, 20, AM G16433 and G16434 ; Kapala 78/22/05, 10, AM G16408 ; Kapala 78/23/09, 3, AM G16375 ; Kapala 78/24/02, 12, AM G16406 ; Kapala 78/26/05, many, AM G16395 ; Kapala 78/26/10, 3, AM G16397 ; Kapala 78/27/01, over 60, AM G16379 and G16394 ; Kapala 78/27/04, 2, AM G16393 ; Kapala 78/27/09, 12, AM G16385 ; Kapala 78/27/13, 10, AM G16388 ; Kapala 78/27/16, 2, AM G16405 ; Kapala 79/03/18, 7, AM G16455 ; Kapala 79/05/01, 2, AM G16468 ; Kapala 79/05/02, 2, AM G16456 ; Kapala 79/05/05, 5, AM G16458 ; Kapala 79/08/06, 1, AM G16460 ; Kapala , 79/08/11, 1, AM G16469 ; Kapala 79/12/07, 6, AM G16438 ; Kapala 79/12/08, 17, AM G16439 ; Kapala 79/14/06, 3, AM G16442 ; Kapala 79/15/01, 3, AM G16444 ; Kapala 79/15/02, 8, AM G16543 ; Kapala 79/15/03, 9, AM G16445 ; Kapala 79/15/05, 2, AM G16471 ; Kapala 79/17/17, 1, AM G16449 ; Kapala , 79/20/08, 2, AM G16452 ; Kapala 79/20/09, 5, AM G16461 ; Kapala 79/23/01, 8, AM G16466 ; Kapala 80/20/11, 16 in AM ; Kapala 86/01/02, 12, AM G16480 ; Kapala 95/18/57, 1, AM G15864 ; Thetis 4, 1, AM G15817 ; Thetis 17, 1, AM G15818 ; Thetis 46, 2, AM G15816 ; Thetis 56, 1, AM G15820 ; Thetis 57, 3, AM G15821 ; NZOI U208 , 5 , AM G16548 ; Madre 1515, 1 in AM ; Franklin 10/86/05, 4, AM G15887 ; Southern Surveyor 05/94/107, 1, AM G16495 ; Southern Surveyor 05/ 94/129, 4, AM G16498 . — SEAMOUNTS: Franklin 05/89/02 ( Gascoyne ), 22, AM G15895 ; Franklin 05/89/04 ( Gascoyne ), 4, AM G15897 and G15503 ; Franklin 05/89/10 ( Derwent Hunter ), 1, AM G15499 . — QUEENSLAND: Soela 01/86/73, 4, NTM C5343 ; Cidaris I 41-2, 1, MTQ G55717 ; Cidaris I 43-2, 3, MTQ G55718 ; Cidaris I 47-3, 1, MTQ G55719 ; Moreton Bay , 36 m, 30, USNM 78512 ; Kimbla 22, 1, AM G16487 ; QLD 1256, 1, AM G15728 .

Types. Two syntypes are BM 1880.11 .25.81. Type Locality: “Challenger” 163D: 33°57'30"S 151°39'15"E (off Twofold Bay , New South Wales), 219 m.