Psammocora, Dana, 1846

Salimi, Parisa Alidoost, Mostafavi, Pargol Ghavam, Chen, Chaolun Allen, Fatemi, Seyed Mohammad Reza & Pichon, Michel, 2018, Microphysogobio bicolor, Zoological Studies 57 (56), pp. 1-34 : 27

Psammocora stellata Verrill, 1866

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Synonym: Psammocora (Stephanaria) stellata Verrill, 1866; Psammocora (Stephanaria) brighami ( Vaughan, 1907); Psammocora planipora Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851 (possible hybrid); Stephanacora stellata Verrill, 1866; Stephanaria brighami Vaughan, 1907.

Material examined: Abu-Musa Island ( ZUTC 6629), Sirri Island ( ZUTC 6630).

Other Material: Nay-Band Bay (6631), Kish island ( ZUTC 6632).

Description: Colony with an encrusting base, from which stem numerous short and knobby branches. Corallite are polygonal and shallow. Calice diameter is 1-1.5 mm. Septa are thin. Septal margins and septocostae carry granulated dentations. Columella short, trabecular and composed of a few trabecular processes.

Distribution: Common in the Persian Gulf.

Figures

Fig. 26. (a-b) Psammocora stellata from Abu-Musa Island and Sirri Island; (c-d) close-up of corallites. Scale bar = 1 mm. © 2018 Academia Sinica, Taiwan