Description of types and other alcyonacean material (Coelenterata: Octocorallia) in the Australian Museum, Sydney

Abstract

Six types of alcyonaceans, previously described by Whitelegge (1897) and Thomson & Mackinnon (1911), have been re-examined. Two new species of octocorals recently collected by Ms Helen K. Larson and a known species collected by Mr Neville Coleman are also described.