Psammocora profundacella Gardiner, 1898

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 : 120-121

Psammocora profundacella Gardiner, 1898

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Material: ZUTC Cnid. 1016, colony fragment, Larak Island, 26° 53' 0.7" N, 56° 20' 51.3" E, Coll. J. Vajed Samiei, November 2010.

Identification guide: Benzoni et al, 2010

Notes for local identification: Mostly encrusting, green colonies. This species was formerly known as P. superficialis (Gardiner, 1898) which has recently been synonymized with P. profundacella in a molecular and morphological revision of the genus Psammocora (Benzoni et al, 2010).

Abundance: Uncommon.

Depth of occurrence: about 3 m.

Figures

FIGURE 19. Psammocora profundacella, a, exoskeleton; b – c, close ups of corallites; d – e, underwater photographs of different colonies.