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Remarks Among the 56 Recent species of Caryophyllia listed by Cairns ( 1991 ) ,
18 have attached coralla with septa hexamerally arranged in four cycles , and in
only five of these species are the S4 larger than the S3 , the set of characters ...
Remarks Among the 56 Recent species of Caryophyllia listed by Cairns ( 1991 ) ,
18 have attached coralla with septa hexamerally arranged in four cycles , and in
only five of these species are the S4 larger than the S3 , the set of characters ...
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Corallites cylindrical to ceratoid in shape , the calice usually circular in young
corallites but often becoming highly compressed in larger corallites , with a GCD :
LCD up to 3,0 . Largest colony examined ( MN - ZA49 ) composed of 9 corallites ...
Corallites cylindrical to ceratoid in shape , the calice usually circular in young
corallites but often becoming highly compressed in larger corallites , with a GCD :
LCD up to 3,0 . Largest colony examined ( MN - ZA49 ) composed of 9 corallites ...
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Rhizopsammia compacta differs from R. wettsteini , known from the Red Sea , in
having larger , compressed corallites and in having equally - sized S - S3 .
Distribution Known only from the Indian Ocean off Durban to south - eastern ...
Rhizopsammia compacta differs from R. wettsteini , known from the Red Sea , in
having larger , compressed corallites and in having equally - sized S - S3 .
Distribution Known only from the Indian Ocean off Durban to south - eastern ...
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AZOOXANTHELLATE SCLERACTINIA CNIDARIA ANTHOZOA | 214 |
Bathymetric distribution | 222 |
Systematic account | 228 |
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Alcock anthocyathus arranged Atlantic August azooxanthellate Balanophyllia base Boshoff Cairns calice calicular diameter calicular views Caryophyllia collected colony columella coral coralla corallites corallum costae cycles December deep Deltocyathus Dendrophyllia depth differs distinguished Distribution Indian Ocean Duncan Durban Elsewhere equal exsert Family figs Flabellum fossa four Gardiner & Waugh Genus Gulf height holotype Horst Indian Ocean specimens inner edges June Kenya known larger listed lower Madagascar Maldive Islands Moseley Natal occur Pacific pairs Pemba Pillai & Scheer Plateau Pourtalès records Reference region Remarks reported Ridge rounded Scheer & Pillai septa similar slightly South Africa south-eastern Mozambique south-west Indian Ocean species Sphenotrochus Station Stephanocyathus synonymy Table Tanzania thecal edges Trochocyathus tropical Truncatoflabellum Tubastraea USNM usually Van der Horst von Marenzeller western wide width Zanzibar Zibrowius Zibrowius & Gili zone Zululand Х Х