The mushroom coral fauna (Scleractinia: Fungiidae) of Brunei Darussalam (South China Sea) and its relation to the Coral Triangle
Author
Hoeksema, Bert W.
Author
Lane, David J. W.
text
Raffles Bulletin of Zoology
2014
2014-08-05
62
566
580
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.5354576
2345-7600
5354576
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Cycloseris hexagonalis
(
Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
)
Cycloseris hexagonalis
–
Turak & DeVantier, 2011: 127
.
One colour photograph of a live specimen published by
Turak & DeVantier (2011)
was taken in the
Philippines
; the origin of the other one is not mentioned. The identity and origin of a third coral (diameter
6 cm
) showing the aboral side in a black and white photograph is unclear. This specimen shows prominent lower order costae, while
C. hexagonalis
of that size usually shows a nearly smooth aboral side with costae that are almost invariable in size (Hoeksema, 1989). Because
Turak & DeVantier (2011)
state that
C. hexagonalis
may resemble
C. tenuis
, which has very coarsely ornamented lower order costae, the occurrence of
C. hexagonalis
at
Brunei
remains uncertain.