taxonID	type	description	language	source
03FC4201FF9A062EFF7EFBE8FD8F0367.taxon	description	Fig. 2	en	Shokri, Mohammad Reza, Oladi, Mahshid (2021): New record of azooxanthellate Dendrophyllia cribrosa in the Persian Gulf. Spixiana 44 (1): 11-16, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.16898780
03FC4201FF9A062EFF7EFBE8FD8F0367.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. SBU _ MESCOR 01, Iran, Larak Island, Persian Gulf, 26 ° 53 ' N 56 ° 23 ' E, depth ~ 67 m, 2010; SBU _ MESCOR 02, Iran, Farur Island, Persian Gulf, 26 ° 15 ' N 54 ° 29 ' E, depth ~ 70 m, 2010.	en	Shokri, Mohammad Reza, Oladi, Mahshid (2021): New record of azooxanthellate Dendrophyllia cribrosa in the Persian Gulf. Spixiana 44 (1): 11-16, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.16898780
03FC4201FF9A062EFF7EFBE8FD8F0367.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Colonial, attached; colony with a single basal stem, stout branches budding from the corallum; corallites budding spirally on all sides of the large corallum, almost embedded in corallum; theca porous and rough (synapticulothecate); costae well defined; septa hexamerally arranged in four cycles in a Pourtalès plan; columella spongy (Fig. 3 a). Characteristics. Living colonies surrounded by orange-coloured coenosteum tissues; colony tall, upright with sturdy base, having several large axial corallites with short corallites bud (Fig. 2); corallum bushy; branching extratentacular; some branches fused together; corallites distinctive and oval-shaped, having a greater calicular diameter (GCD) and a lesser calicular diameter (LCD); corallites widely spaced; lateral corallites wider in diameter than axial corallites, but shorter (see morphometric details of the specimens in Table 1); septa arranged with 38 - 50 (regularly 48) in four cycles (Fig. 3).	en	Shokri, Mohammad Reza, Oladi, Mahshid (2021): New record of azooxanthellate Dendrophyllia cribrosa in the Persian Gulf. Spixiana 44 (1): 11-16, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.16898780
03FC4201FF9A062EFF7EFBE8FD8F0367.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Type locality unknown. Reported from Japan (Cairns 1994), Indonesia (Creuwels 2019), Korea (Song 1988), and Western Africa (Cairns 1994). New record for Iran (Persian Gulf).	en	Shokri, Mohammad Reza, Oladi, Mahshid (2021): New record of azooxanthellate Dendrophyllia cribrosa in the Persian Gulf. Spixiana 44 (1): 11-16, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.16898780
