Conocyathus gracilis Cairns, 1998

Cairns, S. D., 2004, The Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) of Australia, Records of the Australian Museum 56, pp. 259-329 : 290

Conocyathus gracilis Cairns, 1998

Trematotrochus zelandiae .– Folkeson, 1919: 14 (WA).

Conocyathus zelandiae .– Wells, 1964: 113–114 (in part: Western Australian specimens).– Cairns, 1995: 83 (in part: USNM 80852, 80851).–Cairns & Zibrowius, 1997: 140–141 (NT).

Conocyathus gracilis Cairns, 1998: 388–390 , figs. 5i, 6a–d (NT, WA).–Griffith & Fromont, 1998: 231–232 (type deposition).

New records. NORTHERN TERRITORY: “ San Pedro Sound ”, 9°30'S 132°34'E, 124 m, 8, AM G15374 ; “ San Pedro Sound ”, 10°17'S 132°38'E, 65 m, 2, AM G15287 .

Types. The holotype is WAM 31–85 ; paratypes are split among WAM, USNM, and MNHN (Griffith & Fromont, 1998). Type Locality: 19°34.5'S 116°08'E (off Glomar Shoal , NW of Dampier Archipelago, Western Australia), 101 m.

Remarks. The additional specimens reported herein are considerably larger than those of the type series, the largest 3.25 mm in CD and 7.7 mm in height, but the coralla are distinctively slender (high D: H) and have deeply recessed paliform lobes (see Table 5).