Cyphastrea chalcidicum (Forskål, 1775), Forskal, 1775

Samiei, Jahangir Vajed, Dab, Koosha, Ghezellou, Parviz & Shirvani, Arash, 2013, Some scleractinian corals (Scleractinia: Anthozoa) of Larak Island, Persian Gulf, Zootaxa 3636 (1), pp. 101-143 : 131

Cyphastrea chalcidicum (Forskål, 1775)

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Material: ZUTC Cnid. 1025, colony fragment, Larak Island, 26° 53' 14.4" N, 56° 23' 43.4" E, Coll. J. Vajed Samiei, November 2010.

Identification guide: Veron (2000)

Notes for local identification: Colonies are creamy white, massive with knobby columns. Polyps are round (none-conical) and crowded underwater (but a little spaced on bleached exoskeleton).

Abundance: uncommon.

Depth of occurrence: About 3 m.

Figures

FIGURE 30. Cyphastrea chalcidicum, a, exoskeleton; b, close up of corallites; c, underwater photograph of the colony; d, underwater photograph of polyps.