Some shallow water octocorals (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) of the Persian Gulf Author Namin, Samimi Author Ofwegen, Van text Zootaxa 2009 2058 1 52 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.186743 ec14c88f-d887-4567-a824-dbf1078cda03 1175-5326 186743 Pteroeides sp. Material: RMNH Coel. 38797, one colony, Kharku Island, 29º 20' 51.1" N , 50º 21' 17.7" E , coll. K. Samimi Namin, 31 March 2007 . TABLE 1. Collection sites with octocoral species. Farur Island: Sinularia erecta Tixier-Durivault, 1945 ; Subergorgia suberosa ( Pallas, 1766 ) ; Junceella juncea ( Pallas , 1766); Echinogorgia sp. ( 2x ); Echinomuricea sp. ( 2x ); Euplexaura plana n. sp. ; Menella sp.; Trimuricea aff. reticulata ( Thomson & Simpson, 1909 ); Veretillum sp. Hengam Island: Sinularia erecta Tixier-Durivault, 1945 ; S. compressa Tixier-Durivault, 1945 ; Dendronephthya sp.; Muricella sp.; Echinomuricea sp.; Astrogorgia fruticosa n. sp. ; Junceella juncea ( Pallas, 1766 ) ; Cavernularia sp.; Virgularia sp. Kharku Island: Dendronephthya sp.; Echinomuricea sp.; Junceella juncea ( Pallas, 1766 ) ; Euplexaura sp.; Pteroeides sp. Kish Island: Menella sp.; Junceella juncea ( Pallas, 1766 ) ; Echinomuricea sp. Larak Island: Sinularia erecta Tixier-Durivault, 1945 ; Sarcophyton minusculum n. sp. ; Menella sp. Qeshm Island: Subergorgia suberosa ( Pallas, 1766 ) , Echinogorgia sp.; Euplexaura sp.; Paraplexaura sp.; Junceella juncea ( Pallas, 1766 ) ; Verrucella cf. reticulata ( Thomson & Simpson, 1909 ) . Close to Strait of Hormuz (mentioned by Stiasny, 1940 ): Subergorgia suberosa ( Pallas, 1766 ) (described as Subergorgia perezi by Stiasny, 1940 ); Menella bahrelfarsi Stiasny, 1940 (described as Echinogorgia bahrelfarsi by Stiasny); Echinogorgia macrospiculata Thomson & Simpson, 1909 ; Junceella juncea ( Pallas, 1766 ) (described as Junceella fragilis Ridley, 1884 , by Stiasny, 1940 ). Off Bahrain : Acanthogorgia spinosa Hiles, 1899 . Off Dubai: Junceella juncea ( Pallas, 1766 ) . Off Kuwait : Carijoa sp.; Echinomuricea sp.; Euplexaura sp.; Menella cf. kanisa Grasshoff, 2000 . Unknown locality (mentioned by Thomson & Simpson, 1909 ): Solenocaulon tortuosum ( Gray, 1862 ) ; Echinogorgia ramulosa ( Gray, 1870 ) ; Versluysia ramosa ( Thomson & Henderson, 1905 ) ; Parisis fruticosa Verrill, 1864 .