Polyphyllia talpina ( Lamarck, 1801 )

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 : 576

Polyphyllia talpina ( Lamarck, 1801)

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Polyphyllia talpina – Chou et al., 1987: 47; Turak & DeVantier, 2011: 142.

This free-living species is very common at Brunei: recorded at 16 out of 17 sites ( Table 2).

Figures

Fig. 5. A, Heliofungia actiniformis at Littledale Shoal, north; B, Polyphyllia talpina at Pelong Rocks, southwest; C, Pleuractis granulosa at Littledale Shoal, south; D, Pleuractis gravis at Littledale Shoal, south; E, Pleuractis moluccensis at Pelong Rocks, southwest; F, Pleuractis paumotensis at Abana Rock, south; G, Pleuractis taiwanensis at Pelong Rocks, north; H, Lobactis scutaria at Pelong Rocks, northeast.