Echinophyllia aspera (Ellis & Solander, 1788)

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 : 141-142

Echinophyllia aspera (Ellis & Solander, 1788)

( Fig. 41 )

Material: ZUTC Cnid. 1035, colony fragment, Larak Island, 26° 53' 14.4" N, 56° 23' 43.4" E, Coll. J. Vajed Samiei, November 2010.

Identification guide: Veron (2000)

Notes for local identification: Colonies are brown or bluish grey.

Abundance: Uncommon.

Depth of occurrence: About 3 m.

Figures

FIGURE 41. Echinophyllia aspera, a, exoskeleton; b, d & e, underwater photographs of different colonies; c, underwater photograph of polyps.