Prof. Dr. Francesca Benzoni, Italien
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Sclerophyllia margariticola Klunzinger, 1879
Very special thanks for pernmission, photos and description to Dr. Roberto Arrigonia, Michael Lee Berumenb, Tullia Isotta Terraneoab, Annalisa Caragnanoa,
Jessica Bouwmeesterb & Francesca Benzoni.
Sclerophyllia margariticola is a new species of small, solitary LPS coral from the Red Sea recently described in the journal Systematics and Biodiversity. The genus Sclerophyllia was first erected in 1879 and it was resurrected to include this new species as well as the oft-misidentified Sclerophyllia (=Acanthastrea) maxima.
The newly described Sclerophyllia margariticola is a relatively small species of LPS coral that has calyces up to 15mm in diameter with small specimens being more rounded and larger specimens tending towards oval or even triangular and up to 35mm across.
Synonymised names
Lithophyllia margariticola (Klunzinger, 1879) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Very special thanks for pernmission, photos and description to Dr. Roberto Arrigonia, Michael Lee Berumenb, Tullia Isotta Terraneoab, Annalisa Caragnanoa,
Jessica Bouwmeesterb & Francesca Benzoni.
Sclerophyllia margariticola is a new species of small, solitary LPS coral from the Red Sea recently described in the journal Systematics and Biodiversity. The genus Sclerophyllia was first erected in 1879 and it was resurrected to include this new species as well as the oft-misidentified Sclerophyllia (=Acanthastrea) maxima.
The newly described Sclerophyllia margariticola is a relatively small species of LPS coral that has calyces up to 15mm in diameter with small specimens being more rounded and larger specimens tending towards oval or even triangular and up to 35mm across.
Synonymised names
Lithophyllia margariticola (Klunzinger, 1879) · unaccepted > superseded combination
