The Extant Scleractinian Corals of New Zealand

Family Micrabaciidae Vaughan, 1905 — Genus Stephanophyllia Michelin, 1841 — Stephanophyllia formosissima Moseley, 1881

Family Micrabaciidae Vaughan, 1905

Genus Stephanophyllia Michelin, 1841

Stephanophyllia formosissima Moseley, 1881

1881. Stephanophyllia formosissima Moseley, p. 201, Pl. 13, figs. 6, 7; Pl. 16, figs. 8, 9.

Wells (1958, p. 263) recorded a single, young specimen of this species as existing in the British Museum (Natural History) (B.M. 52-5-10-1). The specimen is reported to have been collected by Hugh Cummings, from New Zealand, but has no data with it.