Scleractinia name details
Flabellum fragile Cairns, 1977
411195 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:411195)
unaccepted > junior homonym
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Cairns, S.D. (1977). Caryophylliina and Dendrophylliina (Anthozoa: Scleractinia). <em>Memoirs of the Hourglass Cruises.</em> 3(4): 1-27., available online at https://f50006a.eos-intl.net/ELIBSQL12_F50006A_Documents/mhc_v3_4_0813_R.pdf [details]
Holotype USNM 45764, geounit United States Exclusive...
Holotype USNM 45764, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Homonymy Junior homonym of F. cuneiformis var. fragile Vaughan, 1900 ( a fossil species)
Homonymy Junior homonym of F. cuneiformis var. fragile Vaughan, 1900 ( a fossil species) [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Flabellum fragile Cairns, 1977. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=411195 on 2026-09-26
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original description
Cairns, S.D. (1977). Caryophylliina and Dendrophylliina (Anthozoa: Scleractinia). <em>Memoirs of the Hourglass Cruises.</em> 3(4): 1-27., available online at https://f50006a.eos-intl.net/ELIBSQL12_F50006A_Documents/mhc_v3_4_0813_R.pdf [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D. (1977). A checklist of the ahermatypic Scleractinia of the Gulf of Mexico, with the description of a new species. <em>Gulf Research Reports.</em> 6 (1): 9-15., available online at https://aquila.usm.edu/gcr/vol6/iss1/2/ [details] Available for editors
additional source Cairns, S.D. (1979). The deep-water Scleractinia of the Caribbean and adjacent waters. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands.</em> 57:1-341. [details] Available for editors
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D. (1977). A checklist of the ahermatypic Scleractinia of the Gulf of Mexico, with the description of a new species. <em>Gulf Research Reports.</em> 6 (1): 9-15., available online at https://aquila.usm.edu/gcr/vol6/iss1/2/ [details] Available for editors
additional source Cairns, S.D. (1979). The deep-water Scleractinia of the Caribbean and adjacent waters. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands.</em> 57:1-341. [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype USNM 45764, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype MCZ 5496, geounit Mexican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype MCZ, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype TAMU, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paratype FSBC 15286, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paratype USNM 45765 [details]
Paratype USNM 45766, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paratype USNM 45767, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unreviewed
Homonymy Junior homonym of F. cuneiformis var. fragile Vaughan, 1900 ( a fossil species) [details]