Cyphastrea chalcidicum (Forskål, 1775)

(Fig. 30)

Material: ZUTC Cnid. 1025, colony fragment, Larak Island, 26° 53' 14.4" N, 56° 23' 43.4" E, Coll. J. Vajed Samiei, November 2010.

Identification guide: Veron (2000)

Notes for local identification: Colonies are creamy white, massive with knobby columns. Polyps are round (none-conical) and crowded underwater (but a little spaced on bleached exoskeleton).

Abundance: uncommon.

Depth of occurrence: About 3 m.