Cyphastrea microphthalma (Lamark, 1816)

(Fig.29)

Material: ZUTC Cnid. 1024, colony fragment, Larak Island, 26° 53' 0.7" N, 56° 20' 51.3" E, Coll. J. Vajed Samiei, November 2010.

Identification guide: Veron (2000)

Notes for local identification: Colonies are brown and massive or mound form. Polyps are conical underwater.

Abundance: Common.

Depth of occurrence: About 3 m.