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1918. VAUGHAN. 191: pI. 84/ 3.3 • .
1941 , CROSSLAND, 21 ; pis. 1- 3, 4 (upper and lower fig.; pI. 4, lower fig .. is not P. lutea, it is
the same picture as pI. 3, lower fig., and repr~nts P. so/ida No. 21).
1948. CROSSLAND. 202 : pI. 14 (upp« fig.).
1952. CROSSLAND. 242.
1954. ROSSI . 55 .
1967. SCHEER. 428.
1974. MERGNER & SCHUHMACHER. 265.
1974. SCHEER & PILLAI. 42.
1976. PILLAI & SC HEER. 50.
1980. HEAD. 150. 454.
a/v,o/ala 1860. MI LNE EDWA RDS (& HAI~IE) . 178.
1879. KLUNZINGER 2. 43: pI. 5/20.
1971 . LOVA & SL08DDKIN. 124.
ar~"o$ll 1797. ESPER, 80; pI. 65.
1860. MILN E EDWARDS (& HAIME). 180.
1879. KLUNZINGER 2. 43.
1948, CROSSLAND, 202; pis. 11 (lower fig.); 14 (lower fig.) ,
cong/ort/vala 1834 . EliRENBERG, 341 (No. 937 in Berlin Musr:um) .
(non co nglomerata 1846 . DANA).
1860. MILNE EDWARDS (& HAIME). 179.
1888. FAUROT. 119.
f,ago$4 1 1846. DANA. 536: pI. 55 /9. 9 •.
1954. WELLS. 454; pI. 171 (synonymy),
mu"ayens;s 1918. VAUGHAN. 192; pI. 84/4, 4a, b. S.
R,dS.a J 1905 . BERNARD. 236:pI.1l17.
Red Sea 8 1905. BERNARD, 242.
CROSSLAND (1941) has discussed FORSKAL 'S types, and VAUGHAN (1918) has given a good description
of this species. We mention here only the skeletal variation displayed in the present material.
The corallum is always massive. The surface is smooth or with gibbosities or may develop lobulations.
The calices are polygonal, deep or very shallow. In polygonal calices the wall is thin. But in many cases
the wall is thickened and the calices are rounded as seen in P. mUrTayensis.
When the septal and mural elements are thickened they display gTanulations.
Pali 4 to 5, moderately developed or not visible. But in some rounded shallow calices five pali are
very conspicuous along with the septal denticles between them and the wall.
Columella mostly a single style, but in some cases it is represented by a compact mass incorporating
the septal ends.
M a terial :
Gulf of Aqaba :
I orthern R. S.:
Central R. S.:
Jerus. SLR 650- 2 (Marsa Abu Zabad).
T. Aviv NS 247 , 6108 (Eilat).
Basel PW 73 SOl (Eilat); 73 659, 660, 693 , 706 (EI Kura).
HLM EC 455 , 456, 457 (Eilat).
USNM Wa 52 (Ghardaqa).
HLM X2 : 2-7 (Guballsl.).
479 (Ras Abu Suma); 64, 65 (Koseir, duplicates from KLUNZINGER).
EC
P. Sud. Sa 4 (Sanganeb R. ).
HLM RM 18 , 11 7 (Wingate R.).
Southern R. S.: HLM EC 368, 369 , 370,371 , 374 (Massawa).
Di s t rib uti 0 n : Red Sea ; Zanzibar; Natal; Madagascar; Seychelles; Reunion; Mauritius; Maldives;
Lakshadweep; South India; Sri Lanka ; Andaman and Nicobar Isis.; Mergui Archipelago; COCOS-Keeling
IsIs. , Philippines; Great Barrier Reef; MarshaIllsls.
Rem a rk s : BER ARD (1905) has already pointed out the similarity of P. alveolata by KLUNZING ER
to P. solida. We have not examined MILNE EDWARDS & HAIME 's type of P. alveolata. However, the
specimens described by KLUNZINGER (1879) are not separable from P. solido.
P. mUrTayensis VAUGHA is only a skeletal variation of the present species. Some of our specimens
certainly show gradation towards P. mUrTayensis.
P. fragosa DANA may also belong to a variant of P. solido , though we have no convincing proof for
such a conclusion.