Herpolitha limax ( Esper, 1797 )

Hoeksema, Bert W. & Lane, David J. W., 2014, The mushroom coral fauna (Scleractinia: Fungiidae) of Brunei Darussalam (South China Sea) and its relation to the Coral Triangle, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 62, pp. 566-580 : 573

Herpolitha limax ( Esper, 1797)

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Herpolitha limax – Chou et al., 1987: 47; Turak & DeVantier, 2011: 141.

Herpolitha weberi – Turak & DeVantier, 2011: 142.

This free-living species is very common at Brunei: recorded at 16 out of 17 sites ( Table 2). H. weberi is a junior synonym of H. limax (see Hoeksema, 1989).

Figures

Fig. 6. A, Ctenactis albitentaculata at Littledale Shoal, north; B, Ctenactis crassa at Otterspool Rock; C, Ctenactis echinata at Abana Rock, south; D, Herpolitha limax at Littledale Shoal, south; E, Sandalolitha dentata at Porter Patch; F, Sandalolitha robusta at Littledale Shoal, south; G, Podabacia crustacea at Pelong Rocks, south-southwest; H, Podabacia motuporensis at Two Fathom Rock.