OCTOCORALS FROM THE NORTHERN REGION OF STRAITS OF ...
OCTOCORALS FROM THE NORTHERN REGION OF STRAITS OF ...
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<strong>OCTOCORALS</strong> <strong>FROM</strong> <strong>THE</strong><br />
NOR<strong>THE</strong>RN <strong>REGION</strong> <strong>OF</strong> <strong>STRAITS</strong> <strong>OF</strong><br />
MALACCA.<br />
Mahadi Mohammad 1 ,Sazlina Md Salleh 2 , Aileen Tan<br />
Shau-Hwai 1 & Zulfigar Yasin 1<br />
1 School of Biological Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang.<br />
2 Centre for Policy Research and International Studies, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang.
Objective<br />
To provide a checklists of<br />
Octocorals from the Northern<br />
Region of Straits of Malacca
P. Bunting<br />
P. Songsong<br />
P. Telor<br />
P. Bidan
P. Lembu<br />
P. Kacha<br />
P. Payar
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Sampling Sites<br />
Sampling location
Class<br />
Anthozoa<br />
Subclass<br />
Hexacorallia<br />
Subclass<br />
Ceriantipatharia<br />
Subclass<br />
Octocorallia<br />
Order Actinaria<br />
(sea anemones)<br />
Order Scleractinia<br />
Order Zoanthiniria<br />
(Zoanthids)<br />
Order Corallimorpharia<br />
(mushroom anemones)<br />
Order Antipatharia<br />
(black & wire<br />
corals)<br />
Order Ceriiantharia<br />
(tube anemones)<br />
Order Helioporacea<br />
(blue coral)<br />
Order Alcyonacea<br />
Order<br />
Pennatulacea<br />
(sea pens)<br />
Alcyoniina<br />
Scleraxonia<br />
Holaxonia<br />
Calcaxonia
OCTOCORALLIA<br />
POLYP<br />
10
Taxonomy of Octocorallia is currently<br />
based on morphology of the:<br />
1- colonies<br />
2- structure of the axes,<br />
3- the sclerites, and<br />
4- colouration: colonies and sclerites
SCLERITES<br />
12
COLONY TYPES<br />
13
Verrucella Mine Edwards & Haime 1857<br />
Family: Ellisellidae<br />
Genus: Verrucella<br />
Distribution: Tukun Terendak
Menella Gray, 1870<br />
Family: Plexauridae<br />
Genus: Menella<br />
Distribution: Tukun Terendak
Junceella Valenciennes, 1855<br />
Family: Ellisellidae<br />
Genus: Junceella<br />
Distribution: Pulau Songsong and Pulau<br />
Segantang
Sinularia leptoclados Ehrenberg, 1834<br />
Family: Alcyoniidae<br />
Genus: Sinularia<br />
Species: S. leptoclados<br />
Distribution: P. Songsong and P. Payar
Klyxum Alderslade, 2000<br />
Family: Alcyoniidae<br />
Genus: Klyxum<br />
Distribution: P. Payar
FINDINGS<br />
Hard coral Octocoral<br />
Family 13 3<br />
Genus 36 5<br />
Dominant Pocillopora &<br />
Acropora<br />
Rare Leptoria sp.,<br />
Alveopora sp. &<br />
Lobophyllia sp.<br />
Sinularia leptoclados<br />
Menella sp.
FAMILY ALCYONIIDAE<br />
4 genus<br />
11 species<br />
Sinularia brassica<br />
Klyxum sp. Lobophytum sarcophytoides Sinularia polydactyla<br />
Sinularia flexibilis<br />
Sinularia capitalis<br />
Sinularia leptoclados<br />
Sarcophyton agaricum Sarcophyton cinereum Sarcophyton elegans Sarcophyton ehrenbergi<br />
20<br />
Pulau Pemanggil, Johor
FAMILY NEPH<strong>THE</strong>IDAE<br />
4 genus<br />
9 species<br />
Dendronephthya binongkoensis Dendronephthya klunzengeri Dendronephthya minima Dendronephthya quadrata<br />
Dendronephthya roemeri Dendronephthya weberi Capnella imbricata Litophyton arboreum<br />
Nephthea striata<br />
Pulau Pemanggil, Johor
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT<br />
We would like to thank the Ministry of Natural<br />
Resources and Environment (NRE), Marine Park<br />
Malaysia for the funding support and members<br />
of Marine Science, Universiti Sains Malaysia for<br />
their assistance during the sampling period.
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