Astrangia woodsi Wells, 1955

Cairns, S. D., 2004, The Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) of Australia, Records of the Australian Museum 56, pp. 259-329 : 273

Astrangia woodsi Wells, 1955

Astrangia woodsi Wells, 1955: 15 , pl. 2, fig. 4, pl. 3, figs. 1–2 (Qld).–Stephenson & Wells, 1956: 55 (listed).– Wells, 1964: 109 (listed).– Not Shepherd & Veron, 1982: 176, fig. 5.54c (= A. atrata ).– Not Veron, 1986: 601, 2 figs. (= A. atrata ).– Veron, 2000: II, 318, fig. 4 (NSW).

New record. QUEENSLAND: 5 miles (= 8 km) west of Tangalooma, Moreton Bay , 18 m, 1 colony, USNM 78557 .

Types. Two paratypes are QMB G3018 and G3019. The holotype is identified in Wells’ (1955) figure caption to pl. 3, figs. 1–2, although this specimen could not be located at QMB in 1988. Type Locality: Pumice Stone Passage , Bribie Island , Moreton Bay , shallow water and Pleistocene of Mud Island, Moreton Bay .