Hippopodina feegeensis (Busk, 1884)
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039B8789-0877-FFE8-FC88-FC80FA122636 |
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Felipe |
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Hippopodina feegeensis (Busk, 1884) |
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8. Hippopodina feegeensis (Busk, 1884) View in CoL (Plate 1f)
Locality: Poshitra, Dwaraka , Gujarat, 22° 24’ 50.3 N Substratum: Dead coral rubble
Description: Colony is encrusting, often very extensive, unilamilar or multilamilar. Autozooids generally rectangular, slightly inflated when superposed, arranged in longitudinal rows, and separated by well-defined calcareous lines. The Primary orifice is hoofshaped and indented with condyles otherwise with straight lateral sides. Adventitious paired avicularia occupying the disto-lateral region directing inwards with tips not meeting on the median line. Mandibles are acutely triangular. Orifice, orientated medially. Ovicells very large, slightly calcified, rounded and evenly perforated.
Records from Indian waters: Mandapam, Gulf of Mannar and Cochin.
Distribution: Philippines, Australia, Fiji and the Red Sea.
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