Scleractinia taxon details
Flabellum (Ulocyathus) lowekeyesi Squires & Ralph, 1965
287014 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:287014)
accepted
Species
Flabellum lowekeyesi Squires & Ralph, 1965 · alternative representation
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Flabellum lowekeyesi Squires & Ralph, 1965) Squires DF, Ralph PM. (1965). A new scleractinian coral of the genus Flabellum from New Zealand, with a new record of Stephanocyathus. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 78 : 259-264. [details]
Depth range 278-1100 m
Depth range 278-1100 m [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Flabellum (Ulocyathus) lowekeyesi Squires & Ralph, 1965. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=287014 on 2026-09-21
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(of Flabellum lowekeyesi Squires & Ralph, 1965) Squires DF, Ralph PM. (1965). A new scleractinian coral of the genus Flabellum from New Zealand, with a new record of Stephanocyathus. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 78 : 259-264. [details]
context source (Deepsea) Cairns, Stephen (look up in IMIS) [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D. & N.B. Keller. (1993). New taxa and distributional records of azooxanthellate Scleractinia from the tropical south-west Indian Ocean, with comments on their zoogeography and ecology. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 103(5): 213-292, 13 pls. [details] Available for editors
additional source Cairns, S.D. (2004). The azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) of Australia. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 56(3): 259-329., available online at https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.56.2004.1434 [details] Available for editors
additional source Cairns, S.D. (2009-2017). On line appendix: Phylogenetic list of the 711 valid Recent azooxanthellate scleractinian species with their junior synonyms and depth ranges, 28 pp. <em>In: Cold-Water Corals: The Biology and Geology of Deep-Sea Coral Habitats.</em> Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V. Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> :59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details] Available for editors
additional source Dawson EW. (1992). The Coelenterata of the New Zealand region: a handlist for curators, students and ecologists. <em>Occasional papers of the Hutton Foundation, New Zealand.</em> 1: 1-68.
page(s): 44 [details]
additional source Kitahara, M.V., Cairns, S.D. (2021). Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Cnidaria, Anthozoa) from New Caledonia. <em>Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle.</em> 215:1-722. [details] Available for editors
redescription Cairns, S.D. (1995). The marine fauna of New Zealand: Scleractinia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa. <em>New Zealand Oceanographic Memoir.</em> 103: 1-210. [details] Available for editors
context source (Deepsea) Cairns, Stephen (look up in IMIS) [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D. & N.B. Keller. (1993). New taxa and distributional records of azooxanthellate Scleractinia from the tropical south-west Indian Ocean, with comments on their zoogeography and ecology. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 103(5): 213-292, 13 pls. [details] Available for editors
additional source Cairns, S.D. (2004). The azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) of Australia. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 56(3): 259-329., available online at https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.56.2004.1434 [details] Available for editors
additional source Cairns, S.D. (2009-2017). On line appendix: Phylogenetic list of the 711 valid Recent azooxanthellate scleractinian species with their junior synonyms and depth ranges, 28 pp. <em>In: Cold-Water Corals: The Biology and Geology of Deep-Sea Coral Habitats.</em> Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V. Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> :59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details] Available for editors
additional source Dawson EW. (1992). The Coelenterata of the New Zealand region: a handlist for curators, students and ecologists. <em>Occasional papers of the Hutton Foundation, New Zealand.</em> 1: 1-68.
page(s): 44 [details]
additional source Kitahara, M.V., Cairns, S.D. (2021). Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Cnidaria, Anthozoa) from New Caledonia. <em>Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle.</em> 215:1-722. [details] Available for editors
redescription Cairns, S.D. (1995). The marine fauna of New Zealand: Scleractinia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa. <em>New Zealand Oceanographic Memoir.</em> 103: 1-210. [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Nontype AM G16415, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype SIO, geounit High Seas [details]
Nontype SIO, geounit High Seas [details]
Nontype SIO, geounit High Seas [details]
Nontype SIO, geounit High Seas [details]
Nontype SIO, geounit High Seas [details]
Nontype SIO, geounit Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 91734, geounit High Seas [details]
From editor or global species database
Biology azooxanthellate [details]Depth range 278-1100 m [details]
Unreviewed
Habitat slope [details]Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) (from synonym Flabellum lowekeyesi Squires & Ralph, 1965)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Flabellum lowekeyesi) (from synonym Flabellum lowekeyesi Squires & Ralph, 1965)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Flabellum lowekeyesi Squires & Ralph, 1965)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (61 records)
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Flabellum lowekeyesi) (from synonym Flabellum lowekeyesi Squires & Ralph, 1965)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Flabellum lowekeyesi Squires & Ralph, 1965)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (61 records)
To ITIS