Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) ambrosia Alcock, 1898

Cairns, S. D., 2004, The Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) of Australia, Records of the Australian Museum 56, pp. 259-329 : 277

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2201-4349

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5240060

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scientific name

Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) ambrosia Alcock, 1898
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Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) ambrosia Alcock, 1898 View in CoL

Caryophyllia ambrosia Alcock, 1898: 12 View in CoL , pl. 1, figs. 1, 1a.– Cairns, 1994: 48–49, pl. 21d–h (synonymy, description.); 1995: 53– 54 (description, key, synonymy, Qld, NSW, NZ).–Cairns & Zibrowius, 1997: 95–96 (remarks, key); 1999a: 75–76 (remarks).

Caryophyllia communis View in CoL .– Veron, 1986: 605 (listed).

New records. NEW SOUTH WALES: Kapala 75/05/05, 12, AM G16413 ; Kapala 75/09/03, 4, AM G16561 ; Kapala 76/23/01, 2, AM G16421 ; Kapala 76/24/03, 3, AM G16423 ; Kapala 77/13/10, 1, AM G16425 ; Kapala 77/21/01, 4, AM G16427 ; Kapala 77/23/04, 1, AM G16563 ; Kapala 77/23/06, 5, AM G16428 ; Kapala 78/17/10, 7, AM G16369 ; Kapala 78/17/21, 1, AM G16373 ; Kapala 78/26/16, 2, AM G16566 ; Kapala 78/27/05, 4, AM G16383 ; Kapala 79/20/03, 2, AM G16572 ; Kapala 79/20/04, 1, AM G16450 ; Kapala 79/20/07, 3, AM G16573 ; Kapala 79/20/12, 1, AM G16574 ; Kapala 86/01/09, 4, AM G16479 ; NZOI U218 View Materials , 1 View Materials , AM G16555 ; NZOI U222 View Materials , 1 View Materials , AM G16608 ; NZOI U223 View Materials , 27 View Materials , AM G16557 and G16558 . — SEAMOUNTS: Franklin 05/89/22 (Lord Howe Rise), 1, AM G16584 ; Franklin 05/89/27 (Lord Howe Rise), 2, AM G15912 . — QUEENSLAND: Franklin 06/88/4, 2, AM G16662, 5 ; Franklin 06/88/x, 2, AM G16672 ; Cidaris I 3-1, 3, MTQ G55724 ; Cidaris I 5-2, 2, MTQ G56417 ; Cidaris I 11-4, 1, MTQ G55725 ; Cidaris I 25-1, 1, MTQ G55726 ; Cidaris I 35-4, 1, MTQ G55727 ; Cidaris I 41-2, 4, MTQ G55728 ; Cidaris I 50-2, 1, MTQ G55729 ; Cidaris III 12-2, 1, MTQ G55730 ; 40 km east of Stradbroke Island , 710–730 m, 1, SAM TH8590 ; FNQ 79-33, 5, AM G16524 ; FNQ 79-33, 5, AM G16524 . — WESTERN AUSTRALIA: off Carnarvon (station “D30”), 3, depth unknown, WAM Z20511 ; Lady Basten 1031103, 1, WAM Z16012 View Materials ; Lady Basten 1031201, 1, WAM Z16021 View Materials .

Types. Syntypes are deposited at the Calcutta Museum , USNM, MNHN, ZMA, and NMW ( Cairns, 1995). Type Locality: Laccadive Sea, Arabian Sea, 1829–1957 m .

Remarks. This is one of the more common deep-water corals collected off eastern Australia at slope depths, usually occurring deeper than 600 m.

AM

Australian Museum

NZOI

New Zealand Oceanographic Institute

SAM

South African Museum

WAM

Western Australian Museum

USNM

Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History

MNHN

Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle

ZMA

Universiteit van Amsterdam, Zoologisch Museum

NMW

Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Cnidaria

Class

Anthozoa

Order

Scleractinia

Family

Caryophylliidae

Genus

Caryophyllia

Loc

Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) ambrosia Alcock, 1898

Cairns, S. D. 2004
2004
Loc

Caryophyllia communis

Veron, J 1986: 605
1986
Loc

Caryophyllia ambrosia

Cairns, S 1994: 48
Alcock, A 1898: 12
1898
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