Robertsonidra praecipua Hayward & Ryland, 1995
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https://doi.org/ 10.26515/rzsi/v118/i4/2018/122918 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039B8789-0875-FFEA-FC88-FD84FBCC2556 |
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Felipe |
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Robertsonidra praecipua Hayward & Ryland, 1995 |
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15. Robertsonidra praecipua Hayward & Ryland, 1995 View in CoL (Plate 4b)
Locality: Deogad, Sindhudurg , Maharashtra, 16° 37’ 32.3 N Substratum: Coral rubble .
Description: Colony an encrusting. Autozooids small oval to hexagonal, covex. Primary orifice wide than long; Ovicell recumbent on distally succeeding autozooid, about as wide as long, globular; calcification more finely modular than of frontal shield. Umbo absent, avicularia large, present on few zooids, rostrum elongate triangular, often curving slightly medially, directed proximolaterally. Oval orifice; straight proximal edge with pointed condyles; Large, slightly curving frontal avicularia.
Remarks: Recorded for the first time in India.
Distribution: Indo-Pacific in distribution. Heron Island (Great Barrier Reef), Gibson Island, Hamilton Passage, Choiseul, Yandina, Mbanika Island, Russell Islands (Solomon Island). Also reported from South China Sea, Malaysia and the Red Sea.
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