Some scleractinian corals (Scleractinia: Anthozoa) of Larak Island, Persian Gulf
Author
Samiei, Jahangir Vajed
Author
Dab, Koosha
Author
Ghezellou, Parviz
Author
Shirvani, Arash
text
Zootaxa
2013
3636
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101
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journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3636.1.5
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Psammocora stellata
Verrill, 1864
(
Fig. 18
)
FIGURE 18.
Psammocora stellata
, a, exoskeleton; b, close up of corallites; c & e–f, underwater photographs of different colonies; d, underwater photograph of polyps.
Material:
ZUTC Cnid. 1015, colony fragment, Larak Island,
26° 53' 0.7" N
,
56° 20' 51.3" E
, Coll. J. Vajed Samiei,
November 2010
.
Identification guide:
Veron (2000)
Notes for local identification:
Nodular and branching, green and brown, colonies.
Abundance:
Uncommon.
Depth of occurrence:
about
3 m
.