species: Sinularia brassica in Lizard Island area: all known taxa (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Sinularia brassica


©Anne Hoggett: a flat, leaf-like colony of Sinularia brassica about 8 cm wide at North Direction Island. The two large retracted polyps at top are Clavularia.

©Anne Hoggett: Sinularia brassica at the lagoon entrance bommie, Lizard Island.

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Cnidaria
Class Anthozoa
Order Malacalcyonacea
Family Alcyoniidae
Genus Sinularia
Species Sinularia brassica

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Lizard Island area: all known taxa
Lizard Island Field Guide

Colours

         

Distinguishing features

Conspicuous surface sclerites and sparse polyps.

Size

  • Size data has not been obtained.

Synonyms

Comments

Phil Alderslade (iNaturalist, 9 Dec 2019) noted that molecular evidence shows that S. dura and S. brassica are distinct but he's not sure if it has been published. In that case, this flat form should be called S. dura.

by Anne Hoggett

Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

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References

References that assist with identification

  • McFadden, C.S., L.P. van Ofwegen and A.M. Quattrini (2022). Revisionary systematics of Octocorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) guided by phylogenomics. Bulletin of the Society of Systematic Biologists, https://doi.org/10.18061/bssb.v1i3.8735. LIRS catalog number 90430.