Palythoa heliodiscus (Ryland & Lancaster 2003)

Figure 7.Distribution of Palythoa species from specimens and photographic records from this study. Palythoa cf. mutuki specimens in red, Palythoa sp. in green, Palythoa cf. heliodiscus in blue, Palythoa aff. tuberculosa in yellow, and Palythoa tuberculosa in pink. Region numbers correspond to locations given in species’ information. Boxes indicate presence of specimens (with or without photographic records), while circles indicate only photographic records. Overlapping symbols indicate the same region.

Figure 8.Images of Palythoa cf. heliodiscus from photographic records in this study. A Palythoa cf. heliodiscus at the northwest side of Pulau Samalona, Spermonde Archipelago, South Sulawesi, November 23, 1997 B Palythoa cf. heliodiscus at the south side of Pulau Derawan, East Kalimantan, October 16, 2003 C Palythoa cf. heliodiscus at REA Wakatobi National Park station WAK.22, north channel pass of Karang Koromaha, Southeast Sulawesi, Wakatobi, Tukang Besi Is., May 12, 2003; and D Palythoa cf. heliodiscus at REA Wakatobi National Park station WAK.18, Southwest Pulau Binongko, Southeast Sulawesi, Wakatobi, Tukang Besi Islands, May 10, 2003.