Duncanopsammia peltata (Esper, 1790)
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https://doi.org/ 10.3897/BDJ.12.e120128 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13800989 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/3D78D9AE-AA48-53F4-9902-49E0949D223E |
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Duncanopsammia peltata (Esper, 1790) |
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Duncanopsammia peltata (Esper, 1790) View in CoL
Materials
Type status: Other material. Taxon: scientificName: Duncanopsammia peltata ; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Cnidaria; class: Anthozoa-Hexacorallia; order: Scleractinia ; family: Dendrophylliidae ; genus: Duncanopsammia ; scientificNameAuthorship: (Esper, 1790); Location: waterBody: Indian Ocean; country: Maldives; locality: Huvadhu ; minimumDepthInMeters: 30; maximumDepthInMeters: 30; locationRemarks: Nekton Maldives Mission; Identification: identifiedBy: Farah Amjad, Paris Stefanoudis, Mariyam Shidha Afzal, Hana Amir; dateIdentified: 2022, 2023; identificationRemarks: Identified only from imagery; Event: samplingProtocol: Submersible OR Remotely Operated Vehicle OR Snorkel; Record Level: basisOfRecord: Human observation
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Large immersed corallites often forming plates. Previously under coral genera Turbinaria . Only one species is recorded under this genera from Maldives (Fig. 74 View Figure 74 ).
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