Acanthastrea, Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848
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https://doi.org/ 10.6620/ZS.2018.57-56 |
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Felipe |
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Acanthastrea View in CoL echinata (Dana, 1846)
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Synonym: Astrea echinata Dana, 1846; Astrea patula Dana, 1846; Acanthastrea spinosa Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848; Acanthastrea hirsuta Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857; Acanthastrea brevis Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849; Acanthastrea grandis Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849; Favia hirsuta ( Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857); Favites hirsuta ( Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857).
Material examined: Abu-Musa Island ( ZUTC 6616).
Description: Colony is encrusting to massive with fleshy polyps. Corallites arrangement is cerioid and formation by intratentacular (sometimes marginal) budding. Outline circular to subcircular. Corallites diameter variable (average 10-15 mm). 24-31 septa in one order and reaching the columella. They are continuous over the wall extending from one corallite to the adjacent ones. Upper septal margin with 3-5 conspicuous, large dentations with acute tips. Septal sides smooth. Columella is compact, a tangle of twisted trabecular.
Distribution: Common in the Persian Gulf, Red Sea and Indo-Pacific.
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