Turbinaria sp. 2

Salimi, Parisa Alidoost, Mostafavi, Pargol Ghavam, Chen, Chaolun Allen, Fatemi, Seyed Mohammad Reza & Pichon, Michel, 2018, Microphysogobio bicolor, Zoological Studies 57 (56), pp. 1-34 : 8-9

Turbinaria sp. 2

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Synonym: Explanaria Lamarck, 1816; Gemmipora de Blainville, 1830; Turbinacis Quenstedt, 1880.

Material examined: Sirri Island ( ZUTC 6591).

Description: The color is light brown. Colony is small, encrusting and irregular in shape. Corallites formation by extratentacular budding. Corallites are tubular and mostly protruding above the surface of the corallum, nearly cylindrical to semi-conical in shape with aperture circular. Calice diameter 1-2 mm. Septa are mostly 12 to 16 in one order, very short and most projecting inwards 1/3 calice radius. Septal free inner margin usually vertical or near vertical, very finely dentate, side smooth without ornamentation. Columella is smooth and twisted. Coenosteum and exotheca are reticulated and echinulated.

Remarks: This specimen was found in shallow waters of Sirri Island. Because of limited material, positive species identification is not possible.

Distribution: Rare in the Persian Gulf.

Figures

Fig. 8. (a-b) Turbinaria sp.2 from Sirri Island; (c-d) close-up of corallites and columella. Scale bar = 1 mm © 2018 Academia Sinica, Taiwan