Cyphastrea microphthalma (Lamark, 1816)

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 : 130

Cyphastrea microphthalma (Lamark, 1816)

( Fig.29 )

Material: ZUTC Cnid. 1024, colony fragment, Larak Island, 26° 53' 0.7" N, 56° 20' 51.3" E, Coll. J. Vajed Samiei, November 2010.

Identification guide: Veron (2000)

Notes for local identification: Colonies are brown and massive or mound form. Polyps are conical underwater.

Abundance: Common.

Depth of occurrence: About 3 m.

Figures

FIGURE 29. Cyphastrea microphthalma, a, exoskeleton; b – c, variation in the structure of corallites; d – e, underwater photographs of different colonies; f, underwater photograph of polyps.