404 
S.D. Cairns 
Distribution 
Western Australia: continental slope of 
northwestern region between Browse and Cartier 
Islands; 400-420 m. Elsewhere: Philippines to New 
Zealand; Galapagos; 355-1165 m (Cairns and 
Zibrowius 1997). 
Genus Garditieria Vaughan, 1907 
Gardineria haivaiiettsis Vaughan, 1907 
Gardineria hawaiiensis Vaughan, 1907: 65-66, pi. 4, 
fig. 1.—Cairns, 1995: 110-111, pi. 36, figs, c-f, i 
(synonymy and description). 
New Records 
Soela: stn 01/84/82, 1, WAM 676-84; stn 01/84/ 
82A, 1, WAM 749-84. 
Distribution 
Western Australia: continental slope of 
northwestern coast from Cartier Island to south of 
Scott Reef; 304—400 m. Elsewhere: central and 
western Pacific (Hawaiian Islands; Philippines; 
New Zealand region); 142-602 m (Cairns 1995). 
Gardineria philippinensis Cairns, 1989 
Gardineria philippinensis Cairns, 1989: 82, pi. 42, fig. 
a.—Cairns and Zibrowius, 1997: 162-163. 
? Gardineria Veron, 1986: 603. 
New Record 
Soela: stn 01/84/85, 1, WAM 680-84. 
Distribution 
Western Australia: south of Scott Reef; 220-224 
m. Elsewhere: Philippines; Indonesia; 192-494 m 
(Cairns and Zibrowius 1997). 
Suborder Dendrophylliina 
Family Dendrophylliidae Gray, 1847 
Genus Balanophyllia Searles Wood, 1844 
Balanophyllia carinata (Semper, 1872) 
Rhodopsammia carinata Semper, 1872: 257, pi. 19, 
figs. 6a-b. 
Balanophyllia carinata: Zibrowius, 1985: 235-238, 
figs. 15-24 (synonymy and description).— 
Cairns and Zibrowius, 1997: 175-176. 
New Records 
Lady Basten: stn LB4(s), 10: 8 (WAM 11-96), 2 
(USNM 96688). 
Distribution 
Western Australia: known only from the 
continental shelf off Port Hedland; 112-124 m. 
Elsewhere: tropical Indo-West Pacific from Somalia 
to Chesterfield Islands; 33-100 m (Cairns and 
Zibrowius 1997). 
Balanophyllia intperialis Kent, 1871 
Balanophyllia imperialis Kent, 1871: 284, pi. 23, figs. 
5a-b.—Cairns and Zibrowius, 1997: 184-185, 
figs. 26 c-f (synonymy and description). 
New Record 
Lady Basten: stn LB5(s), 1, WAM 36-96. 
Lady: stn RW96-8,1, NTM C8067. 
Distribution 
Western Australia: Joseph Bonaparte Gulf and 
Port Hedland; 100-150 m. Elsewhere: western 
Pacific from South China Sea through Indonesia; 
18-170 m (Cairns and Zibrowius 1997). 
Balanophyllia gigas Moseley, 1881 
Balanophyllia gigas Moseley, 1881: 193.—Cairns, 
1994: 83, pi. 35, figs, j-1 (synonymy and 
description); 1995: 119-120, pi. 40, figs. f-h.— 
Cairns and Zibrowius, 1997: 182. 
New Records 
Soela: stn 01/84/55, 5: 4 (WAM 562-84), 1 (USNM 
96689); stn 01/84/56, 3, WAM 567-84; stn 01/84/ 
57, 1, WAM 736-84; stn 01/84/87,1, WAM 686-84. 
Distribution 
Western Australia: continental slope of 
northwestern coast off Cape Leveque, Dampier 
Land; 260-352 m. Elsewhere: Japan; Hawaiian 
Islands; Philippines; Indonesia; New Zealand; 90- 
640 m (Cairns and Zibrowius 1997). 
Balanophyllia cornu Moseley, 1881 
Balanophyllia cornu Moseley, 1881: 192-193, pi. 12, 
figs. 11-15.—Cairns, 1994: 82-83, pi. 35, figs, f-i 
(synonymy and description).—Cairns and 
Zibrowius, 1997: 178-179, figs. 24 d-f. 
New Records 
Soela: stn 02/82/13A, 7, WAM 79- 80- and 92- 
84; stn 02/82/17, 1, WAM 107-82; stn 01/84/55, 1, 
WAM 448-96; stn 01/84/56, 1, WAM 35-85; stn 
01/84/85, 2: 1 (WAM 449-96), 1 (USNM 96690); 
stn 01/84/87, 1, WAM 228-92. 
Remarks 
Of the two growth forms described for this 
species (Cairns and Zibrowius 1997), the Western 
Australian specimens are all of the typical form, i.e., 
having a straight, attached corallum. 
