Montipora

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 : 107-108

Montipora sp.

( Fig. 6 )

Material: ZUTC Cnid. 1037, two colony fragments, Larak Island, 26° 53' 14.4" N, 56° 23' 43.4" E, Coll. J. Vajed Samiei, November 2010.

Identification guide: Veron (2000) Abundance: rare.

Depth of occurrence: About 3 m.

Figures

FIGURE 6. Montipora sp., a, exoskeleton; b, close up of corallites; c, underwater photograph of the colony; d, underwater photograph of polyps.