Halomitra pileus ( Linnaeus, 1758 )

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

Halomitra pileus ( Linnaeus, 1758)

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Halomitra pileus – Chou et al., 1987: 47; Turak & DeVantier, 2011: 144.

This free-living species is common at Brunei: recorded at 11 out of 17 sites ( Table 2). High numbers of very large specimens (diameter> 50 cm) were observed at various localities.

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Fig. 4. A, Cycloseris explanulata at Porter Patch; B, Cycloseris wellsi at Abana Rock, north; C, Cycloseris mokai at Littledale Shoal, south; D, Lithophyllon scabra at Hornet Reef (Brunei Patches); E, Lithophyllon concinna at Abana Rock, south; F, Lithophyllon repanda at Abana Rock, north; G, Lithophyllon undulatum at Abana Rock, south; H, Halomitra pileus at Abana Rock, south; I, Danafungia horrida at Pelong Rocks, northeast; J, Danafungia scruposa at Pelong Rocks, southwest; K, Fungia fungites at Abana Rock, south.