Anthothela vickersi Moore & Alderslade & Miller 2017, new combination

• Main Authors: Moore, Kirrily M., Alderslade, Philip, Miller, Karen J.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Cnidaria; Anthozoa; Alcyonacea; Anthothelidae; Anthothela; Anthothela vickersi; Huon; New Zealand; Southern Ocean
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/6015365; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6015365

Anthothela vickersi (Benham, 1928) new combination (Figs. 20–31) Spongioderma (?) vickersi Benham, 1928: 81 –83, Figs. 25–31. Homophyton vickersi (Benham, 1928): van Ofwegen et al. 2000–2007 http://www.marinespecies.org/ aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=288708 accessed May 2017. Material examined. Holotype: OMNZ IV8728, 21 miles north of Doubtless Bay, east coast of the North Island, New Zealand, H.M.C.S. Iris, col. Lieut. Vickers, depth 945 m, 1926–1928. Other material: TMAG K3984, S-Tasmania Slope (~ 1000 m), Huon Commonwealth Marine Reserve (CMR), SW Tasman Sea, Australia, CSIRO RV Southern Surveyor, stn. 9, sample 23 (SS 200702 /009-023), 44.154– 44.162°S, 147.128– 147.131°E, depth 800–920 m, 31st March 2007; TMAG K3985, Hill U seamount, Huon CMR, SW Tasman Sea, Australia, CSIRO RV Southern Surveyor, stn. 15, sample 38 (SS 200702 /015-038), 44.322°S, 147.181– 147.185°E, depth 1100–1200 m, 1st April 2007; TMAG K3986, Z9 Seamount, Huon CMR, SW Tasman Sea, Australia, CSIRO RV Southern Surveyor, stn. 58, sample 53 (SS 200702 /058-053), 44.202– 44.199°S, 147.318– 147.320°E, depth 1020–1100 m, 7th April 2007; TMAG K4264, Dory Hill seamount, Huon CMR, SW Tasman Sea, Australia, CSIRO RV Southern Surveyor, stn. 49 (SS199701 /49), 44.322– 44.34°S, 147.115– 147.072°E, depth 1167 m, 29th January 1997; TMAG K4109, Hill J 1 seamount, Huon CMR, SW Tasman Sea, Australia, CSIRO RV Southern Surveyor, stn. 40 (SS199701 /40), 44.243– 44.273°S, 147.36– 147.323°E, depth 1024–1548 m, 27th January 1997; TMAG K4110, U (R) Hill seamount, Huon CMR, SW Tasman Sea, Australia, CSIRO RV Southern Surveyor, stn. 41 (SS199701 /41), 44.318°S, 147.115°E, depth 1314 m, 28th January 1997; TMAG K4111, Dory Hill seamount, Huon CMR, SW Tasman Sea, Australia, CSIRO RV Southern Surveyor, stn. 48 (SS199701 /48), 44.313– 44.34°S, 147.142– 147.073°E, depth 1456 m, 29th January 1997; TMAG K4112, Hill A 1 Reserve seamount, Huon CMR, SW Tasman Sea, Australia, CSIRO RV Southern Surveyor, stn. 62 (SS199701 / 62), 44.328– 44.322°S, 147.268– 147.325°E, depth ...