Favia

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 : 128

Favia sp.

( Fig. 27 )

Material: ZUTC Cnid. 1036, colony fragment, Larak Island, 26° 53' 0.7" N, 56° 20' 51.3" E, Coll. J. Vajed Samiei, November 2010.

Notes for local identification: Colonies are encrusting, mostly green. They are usually infected with polychaetes. Polyps were widely spaced and exerted ( Barbattoia shape) in colonies which covered convex surfaces.

Abundance: common

Depth of occurrence: 3 to 5 m

Figures

FIGURE 27. Favia sp., a, exoskeleton; b, close up of corallites; c – d, underwater photographs of colonies.