Zarinah Waheed, Francesca Benzoni, Sancia E. T. van der Meij, Tullia Isotta Terraneo, Bert W. Hoeksema
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Summary[edit] Description: Español: Danafungia scruposa en Pulau Layang-Layang, islas Spratly, 2013. Date: 2013. Source: https://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=5901&display_type=list&element_type=8 Waheed Z, Benzoni F, van der Meij SET, Terraneo TI, Hoeksema BW (2015) Scleractinian corals (Fungiidae, Agariciidae and Euphylliidae) of Pulau Layang-Layang, Spratly Islands, with a note on Pavona maldivensis (Gardiner, 1905). ZooKeys 517: 1-37. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.517.9308. Author: Zarinah Waheed, Francesca Benzoni, Sancia E. T. van der Meij, Tullia Isotta Terraneo, Bert W. Hoeksema.
Summary[edit] Description: Tubastraea micrantha. Date: 6 May 2007 (original upload date). Source: Transferred from nl.wikipedia to Commons. (Original text: Eigen werk). Author: Albert Kok at Dutch Wikipedia (Original text: Albert Kok). Permission(Reusing this file): Publiek domein.
Description: Porites porites furcata Lamarck, 1816 (a.k.a. Porites furcata) - branched finger coral on a patch reef. Stony corals have a patchy distribution in the shallow marine waters surrounding San Salvador Island. They occur as isolated individual colonies, in patch reefs, fringing reefs, and barrier reefs. Stony corals are scleractinian anthozoan cnidarians (there are also non-scleractinian stony corals in the fossil record, such as tabulates and rugosans). They consist of individuals or colonies of gelatinous polyps that secrete hard skeletons of aragonite (CaCO3). Most scleractinian corals live in warm, tropical to subtropical, photic zone environments (the shallow portions of the world’s oceans where sunlight penetrates). Microbes (Symbiodinium - Protista, Dinoflagellata/Pyrrhophyta) called zooxanthellae live in their tissues and need to be in sunlight to make their own food (photosynthesis), which is shared with the host coral animal. Scleractinian corals have stinging cells (nematocysts) in their tentacles that paralyze prey. The pale lavender-colored crusts are calcareous red algae - probably Porolithon pachydermum. Classification: Animalia, Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Scleractinia, Poritidae Locality: patch reef south of French Bay government dock, southwestern San Salvador Island, eastern Bahamas. Date: 15 March 2013, 13:34. Source: Porites porites furcata (branched finger coral) (San Salvador Island, Bahamas) 21. Author: James St. John.
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Summary[edit] Description: Taxonomic Name : Favia Common Name : Accession Number : Ma143216 Part of the Marine collection For more details visit www.aucklandmuseum.com/collections Images released under a CC-BY licence. Auckland Museum 2019. Date: 29 May 2017, 12:05. Source: Favia. Author: Auckland Museum Collections from Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand.
Summary[edit] Description: English: Pavona-Laghetto Castel Gandolfo Italiano: Pavona-Laghetto Castel Gandolfo. Date: 23 September 2009. Source: Own work. Author: Deblu68.
Description: Acropora cervicornis (Lamarck, 1816) - staghorn coral on a reef. Stony corals have a patchy distribution in the shallow marine waters surrounding San Salvador Island. They occur as isolated individual colonies, in patch reefs, fringing reefs, and barrier reefs. Stony corals are scleractinian anthozoan cnidarians (there are also non-scleractinian stony corals in the fossil record, such as tabulates and rugosans). They consist of individuals or colonies of gelatinous polyps that secrete hard skeletons of aragonite (CaCO3). Most scleractinian corals live in warm, tropical to subtropical, photic zone environments (the shallow portions of the world’s oceans where sunlight penetrates). Microbes (Symbiodinium - Protista, Dinoflagellata/Pyrrhophyta) called zooxanthellae live in their tissues and need to be in sunlight to make their own food (photosynthesis), which is shared with the host coral animal. Scleractinian corals have stinging cells (nematocysts) in their tentacles that paralyze prey. The brownish-colored organism at lower right is an octocoral. The pinkish-lavender colored areas are calcareous red algae (Rhodophyta). Classification: Animalia, Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Scleractinia, Acroporidae Locality: Gaulin Reef, northern Graham's Harbour, offshore northern San Salvador Island, eastern Bahamas. Date: 19 June 2010, 15:54. Source: Acropora cervicornis (staghorn coral) (San Salvador Island, Bahamas) 1. Author: James St. John.
Description: Porites porites porites (Pallas, 1766) - clubbed finger coral on patch reef. Stony corals have a patchy distribution in the shallow marine waters surrounding San Salvador Island. They occur as isolated individual colonies, in patch reefs, fringing reefs, and barrier reefs. Stony corals are scleractinian anthozoan cnidarians (there are also non-scleractinian stony corals in the fossil record, such as tabulates and rugosans). They consist of individuals or colonies of gelatinous polyps that secrete hard skeletons of aragonite (CaCO3). Most scleractinian corals live in warm, tropical to subtropical, photic zone environments (the shallow portions of the world’s oceans where sunlight penetrates). Microbes (Symbiodinium - Protista, Dinoflagellata/Pyrrhophyta) called zooxanthellae live in their tissues and need to be in sunlight to make their own food (photosynthesis), which is shared with the host coral animal. Scleractinian corals have stinging cells (nematocysts) in their tentacles that paralyze prey. The clubbed finger coral (see above photo) makes a skeleton of relatively short, stout branches. The living tissues surrounding the skeleton are typically grayish in color. The blue-and-black fish are Chromis cyanea (blue chromis). Classification: Animalia, Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Scleractinia, Poritidae Locality: Snapshot Reef, Fernandez Bay, offshore western San Salvador Island, eastern Bahamas. Date: 5 January 2008, 10:11. Source: Porites porites porites (clubbed finger coral) (San Salvador Island, Bahamas) 2. Author: James St. John.