Favia,

Samiei, Jahangir Vajed, Dab, Koosha, Ghezellou, Parviz & Shirvani, Arash, 2013, Some scleractinian corals (Scleractinia: Anthozoa) of Larak Island, Persian Gulf, Zootaxa 3636 (1), pp. 101-143: 128

Favia  Edit 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

Figures

FIGURE 27. Favia sp., a, exoskeleton; b, close up of corallites; c – d, underwater photographs of colonies.