Porites lobata Dana, 1846

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 : 114

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3636.1.5
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6155474
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scientific name	Porites lobata Dana, 1846
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Porites lobata Dana, 1846 View in CoL

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Material: ZUTC Cnid. 1010, colony fragment, Larak Island, 26° 53' 0.7" N, 56° 20' 51.3" E, Coll. J. Vajed Samiei, November 2010.

Figures

FIGURE 13. Porites lobata, a, exoskeleton; b – c, close ups of corallites; d – e, underwater photographs of different colonies; f, underwater photograph of polyps.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Cnidaria
Class	Anthozoa
Order	Scleractinia
SubOrder	Fungiina
Family	Poritidae
Genus	Porites

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