Favites micropentagona Veron, 2002

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 : 126

Favites micropentagona Veron, 2002

( Fig. 24–25 )

Material: ZUTC Cnid. 1021, two colony fragments, Larak Island, 26° 53' 0.7" N, 56° 20' 51.3" E, Coll. J. Vajed Samiei, November 2010. Identification guide: Veron (200-2)

Notes for local identification: Colonies are encrusting to sub-massive and sometimes nodular. Colors could be a combination of green, brown and white. Sizes of the corallites are 1–2 millimeters smaller than F. pentagona .

Abundance: Common.

Depth of occurrence: About 3 m.

Figures

FIGURE 24. Favites micropentagona, a, exoskeleton; b, close up of corallites; c, underwater photograph of polyps; d, underwater photograph of the colony.

FIGURE 25. Favites micropentagona, a, exoskeleton; b & d – f, underwater photographs of different colonies; c, underwater photograph of polyps.