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S.D. Caims 
Etymology 
The species name multipalifera (Latin multus, 
many + paliferus, bearing stakes (pali)) refers to the 
numerous paliform lobes in this species. 
Genus Solenosmilia Duncan, 1873 
Solenosmilia variabilis Duncan, 1873 
Solenosmilia variabilis Duncan, 1873: 328, pi. 42, figs. Il¬ 
ls.—Hoffmeister, 1933: 14, pi. 4, fig. 7.—Caims and 
Parker, 1992: 29-30, pi. 8, figs, d-e (diagnosis).— 
Caims, 1995:82, pi. 23, figs, d-e (synonymy). 
New Records 
Longva III: stn "1", SAM; stn "2", SAM. 
Distribution 
Western Australia: western Great Australian 
Bight; 963-1011 m. Elsewhere: widespread in 
Atlantic and Indian Oceans; New Zealand region; 
southeastern Australia; 220-2165 m (Caims 1995). 
Family Turbinoliidae Milne Edwards and Haime, 
1848a 
Genus Trematotrochus Tenison Woods, 1879 
Trematotrochns verconis Dennant, 1904 
Figures 4 h-i, 5 a-c 
Trematotrochns verconis Dennant, 1904: 5-6, pi. 1, 
fig. 4a.—Caims and Parker, 1992: 30-31, pi. 9, 
figs, a, e (synonymy and description). 
^Trematotrochus lateroplenns - Wells, 1942: 95-96. 
New Records 
Sprightly, stn 28M, 1, WAM 361-79. 
Other records: Verco collection, 146 km west of 
Eucla, 148 m. III 1912, 4, including SEM stub 856, 
USNM 85714. 
Remarks 
These small specimens indicate that at a GCD of 
3.5-3.8 mm the total number of septa increases 
from 32 to 40. 
Although not examined, the Miocene fossil 
reported by Wells (1942) from the Langley Park 
Bore may be this species. 
Distribution 
Western Australia: off Dongara and Eucla, 
southwestern coast; 148-183 m. Elsewhere: South 
Australia; 73-101 m (Caims and Parker 1992). 
Genus Conocyathus d'Orbigny, 1849 
Conocyathus zelandiae Duncan, 1876 
Figure 5 d-h 
Conocyathus zelandiae Duncan, 1876: 431, pi. 38, figs. 
1-3.—Wells, 1964: 112-114 (part).—Cairns, 
1995: 83-84, in part: pi. 23, figs, f-i (not 
specimens from Alpha Helix stations) 
(synonymy and description).—Not Cairns and 
Zibrowius, 1997: 140-141 (=C. gracilis). 
Not Trematotrochus zelandiae - Folkeson, 1919: 14 
(=C. gracilis). 
Turbinolia australiensis Gardiner, 1939: 332-333, pi. 
21, figs. 1-2. 
New Records 
Espiritu Santo: stn E68-743, 1, AMS G15361. 
Other records: Stn Cwc, Withnell Bay, Burrup 
Peninsula, Dampier Archipelago, 4 m, 1 (SEM stub 
854), WAM 379-88; Verco collection. King George 
Sound, 22-26 m, 10: 2, including SEM stub 520 
(USNM 85713); 8 (SAM H502). 
Distribution 
Western Australia: King George Sound and 
Dampier Archipelago; 4—137 m. Elsewhere: Persian 
Gulf; ?New Zealand; New South Wales; 130 m. 
Conocyathus gracilis sp. nov. 
Figures 5 i, 6 a-d 
Trematotrochus zelandiae - Folkeson, 1919: 14. 
Conocyathus zelandiae - Wells, 1964: 113-114 (in 
part).—Cairns, 1995: 83 (in part: specimens 
from Alpha Helix stations).—Cairns and 
Zibrowius, 1997: 140-141. 
Records 
Soela: stn 01/79/unnumbered, holotype (SEM 
stub 855), WAM 31-85. 
Alpha Helix: stn M14, 7 paratypes, USNM 80852; 
KARUBAR: stn 44, 4 paratypes, USNM 97320; 
stn 86, 1 paratype, MNHN. 
Other records: off Broome, from stomach of fish, 5 
paratypes, SMNH 148 (Mjoberg 1911 collection, T. 
zelandiae of Folkeson 1919). 
Type Locality 
19°34.5'S, 116°08'E (off Glomar Shoal, NW of 
Dampier Archipelago); 101 m. 
Description 
Corallum elongate, slender, and very small, the 
largest specimen (holotype) 1.55 mm in calicular 
diameter and 4.75 mm in height. Calice circular, 
with a H:D ratio of 3.1. All costae (Cl-3) equal in 
width (70-80 pm) and separated by broad 
intercostal regions 100-125 pm wide. Cl-2 extend 
to base, whereas C3 originate 0.85-1.0 mm above 
base, and incipient C4 just begin to form on 
holotype at a height of 4.6 mm. C4 do not 
correspond to septa. Intercostal region of lower 
