Favia sp.

(Fig. 27)

Material: ZUTC Cnid. 1036, colony fragment, Larak Island, 26° 53' 0.7" N, 56° 20' 51.3" E, Coll. J. Vajed Samiei, November 2010.

Notes for local identification: Colonies are encrusting, mostly green. They are usually infected with polychaetes. Polyps were widely spaced and exerted (Barbattoia shape) in colonies which covered convex surfaces.

Abundance: common

Depth of occurrence: 3 to 5 m