Deep-water azooxanthellate Scleractinia from Vanuatu, and Wallis and Futuna Islands

Occurrence Specimen
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Publication date:
August 8, 2018
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Description

A total of 134 Recent species of azooxanthellate Scleractinia are reported from the Vanuatu (116 species) and Wallis and Futuna (83 species) Archipelagos, all but one being new records for the region of the tropical central Pacific. The newly reported specimens originate primarily from the MUSORSTUM 7 and 8 expeditions, including approximately 4400 specimens from 227 stations, most of these deeper than 100 m. Within the tropical central Pacific these corals show a strong affinity with those from the ridges and islands north of New Zealand (56 species) and a lessor relationship with the Hawaiian Island fauna (24 species). Other regions in the central Pacific are too poorly know for comparison. Beyond the tropical central Pacific, the Vanuatu/Wallis and Futuna fauna is part of the larger Indo-Polynesian province, sharing 95 (71%) of its species with the tropical western Pacific and 62 species (46%) with the Indian Ocean. Only seven species are found in common with the tropical eastern Pacific and 11 with the Atlantic Ocean. Finally, 43 species from the Vanuatu/Wallis and Futuna Archipelagos are also known from temperate Japan (exclusive of the Ryukyu Islands) and 32 from temperate New Zealand and southern Australia.

Data Records

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How to cite

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

Cairns, S.D. 1999. Cnidaria Anthozoa: Deep-water azooxanthellate Scleractinia from Vanuatu, and Wallis and Futuna Islands. Southwestern OBIS, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA), Wellington, New Zealand, 1056 records, Online http://nzobisipt.niwa.co.nz/resource.do?r=cairns1999corals released on May 2, 2015.

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GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 1133cad4-e60c-4d60-8c01-fccd29a5d384.  Southwestern Pacific Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS) Node publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by Ocean Biodiversity Information System.

Keywords

Occurrence; Specimen

Contacts

Kevin Mackay
  • Metadata Provider ●
  • Originator
  • Marine Data Manager
NIWA
  • Private Bag 14-901
6241 Kilbirnie
Wellington
NZ
Stephen Cairns
  • Point Of Contact
  • Principal Investigator
Smithsonian Institute
  • NHB-163, W-329
20560 Washington DC
US

Geographic Coverage

Vanuatu/Wallis and Futuna Island Archipelagos and tropical central Pacific

Bounding Coordinates South West [-41.05, -156.058], North East [32.417, 120.23]

Taxonomic Coverage

Cnidaria Anthozoa: Deep-water azooxanthellate Scleractinia

Order Scleractinia

Temporal Coverage

Start Date / End Date 0029-06-13 / 0017-04-17

Bibliographic Citations

  1. Cairns, S.D. 1999. Cnidaria Anthozoa: Deep-water azooxanthellate Scleractinia from Vanuatu, and Wallis and Futuna Islands. In: A. Crosnier (ed.)Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM, Vol 20. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, 180: 31-167. Paris ISBN 2-85653-520-8

Additional Metadata

marine, harvested by iOBIS

Alternative Identifiers 1133cad4-e60c-4d60-8c01-fccd29a5d384
https://nzobisipt.niwa.co.nz/resource?r=cairns1999corals