Cycloseris somervillei ( Gardiner, 1909 )

Hoeksema, Bert W. & Lane, David J. W., 2014, The mushroom coral fauna (Scleractinia: Fungiidae) of Brunei Darussalam (South China Sea) and its relation to the Coral Triangle, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 62, pp. 566-580 : 569

Cycloseris somervillei ( Gardiner, 1909)

( Fig. 3G, H )

Not Cycloseris somervillei – Turak & DeVantier, 2011: 131 (= Lobactis scutaria ).

This free-living species is rare at Brunei: recorded at 3 out of 17 sites ( Table 2). The prominent lower order costae ( Fig. 3H ) are characteristic for this oval and relatively large Cycloseris species.

Figures

Fig. 3. A, B, Cycloseris fragilis, complete coral at Hornet Reef (Brunei Patches), fragmenting coral at Abana Rock, north; C, Cycloseris sinensis, fragmenting coral at Abana Rock, north; D–F, Cycloseris cyclolites at Hornet Reef (Brunei Patches), complete coral, fragmenting coral upper and lower side; G, H, Cycloseris somervillei at Chearnley Shoal, upper and lower side of a coral; I, Cycloseris costulata at Pelong Rocks, northeast; J, Cycloseris tenuis at Hornet Reef (Brunei Patches); K, Cycloseris vaughani at Colombo Reef (Champion Shoal).