Two new species of Flabellum (Scleractinia: Flabellidae) from the Southwest Indian Ocean

Stephen D. Cairns; Helmut Zibrowius

doi:10.2988/0006-324X-129.Q2.157

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Stephen D. Cairns,¹ Helmut Zibrowius²

¹(SDC) Department of Invertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC 20013-7012, USA ( ) cairnss@si.edu
²(HZ) Station Marine d'Endoume, Rue Batterie-des-Lions, 13007, Marseille, France

Abstract

Two new species of Flabellum are described from the southwest Indian Ocean, representing extremes of morphological variation within the genus. One of them, F. kerguelensis, is the first scleractinian coral reported from the Kerguelen Plateau. Flabellum now consists of 44 extant species, making it the fifth most species-rich genus in the order.

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Stephen D. Cairns and Helmut Zibrowius "Two new species of Flabellum (Scleractinia: Flabellidae) from the Southwest Indian Ocean," Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 129(1), 157-163, (1 July 2016). https://doi.org/10.2988/0006-324X-129.Q2.157

Published: 1 July 2016