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Coral Faunas of the Red Sea and Tahiti.
Author(s) -
Crossland C.
Publication year - 1935
Publication title -
proceedings of the zoological society of london
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.915
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1469-7998
pISSN - 0370-2774
DOI - 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1935.tb01677.x
Subject(s) - coral , confusion , fauna , genus , coelenterata , oceanography , biology , ecology , geography , cnidaria , geology , psychology , psychoanalysis
S ummary .1 The coral faunas of these extreme ends of the Indo‐Pacific area differnotably, e.g. , in the predominance of Pavoniide and reduction of Astræide in Tahiti. 2 The reduced building power of individual Astræans of Tahiti is not found in the Red Sea. 3 Excessive variability and confusion of species in Tahitian collections, especially of Lobophyllia, Leptastrea , and Herpetolitha , does not occur in the Red Sea. 4 Growth‐form is a specific character in some corals, but seven distinct forms of growth in the genus Echinopora are described, at least six of which belong to the species E. gemmacea.5 Evidence is given indicating the connection between the genera Echinopora, Orbicella , and Favia. The two former genera are very closely related.