Favites pentagona (Esper, 1794)

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 : 125

Favites pentagona (Esper, 1794)

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Material: ZUTC Cnid. 1020, 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 encrusting to sub-massive.

Abundance: Rare.

Depth of occurrence: About 3 m.

Figures

FIGURE 23. Favites pentagona, a, exoskeleton; b – c, variation in the structure of corallites; d, underwater photograph of the colony; e, underwater photograph of the colony (left).