Pavona

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 : 113

Pavona sp.

( Fig. 12 )

Material: ZUTC Cnid. 1009, colony fragment, Larak Island, 26° 53' 0.7" N, 56° 20' 51.3" E, Coll. J. Vajed Samiei, November 2010.

Taxonomic notes: This specimen share some similar morphological characteristics with Pavona duedeni Vaghan, 1997 and Pavona minuta Wells, 1954 .

Abundance: Rare.

Depth of occurrence: about 3 m.

Figures

FIGURE 12. Pavona sp., a, exoskeleton; b, close up of corallites; c, underwater photograph of the colony; d, underwater photograph of polyps.