Caryophyllia (A.) spinigera (Saville-Kent, 1871)

Cairns, S. D., 2004, The Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) of Australia, Records of the Australian Museum 56, pp. 259-329 : 276-277

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Caryophyllia (A.) spinigera View in CoL (Saville Kent, 1871)

Acanthocyathus spiniger Kent, 1871: 275–276 View in CoL , pl. 23, figs. 1a–c.

Caryophyllia (A.) spiniger View in CoL .– Cairns, 1994: 49–50, pls. 21l, 22a–d (synonymy, description).

Caryophyllia (A.) spinigera View in CoL .–Cairns & Zibrowius, 1997: 99, figs. 7e,f (NT, remarks, key).

New records. None.

Types. Three syntypes are deposited at BM (unnumbered). Type Locality: “ Japan ”, depth unknown .

Remarks. Specimens from two “Karubar” stations (62, 79) were incorrectly reported by Cairns & Zibrowius (1997) as being from off Tanimbar Islands, Indonesia, whereas they are more properly attributed to the continental shelf off Cobourg Peninsula, Northern Territory.