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bOlla; 1975, CHEVALIER, 54 ; pis. 2/8 , 9; 3/5; 38/4. 5. 11 (synonymy).
ef. botlae 19 77 . VERON , PICHON & WIJSMAN-BEST. ISS ; figs. 298- 302, 466.
bottae 1980, HEAD, 152.461.
1980. W1j SMAN-BEST. 246, pI. 213 - 6 (synonymy)_
immersa 1879. KLUNZtN GER 3, 47 ; pI. 6/ 1.
1892, ORTMANN. 163.
1918. VAUGHAN. 96 , pI. ll/2. 2a. b_
inaequalis 1879. KLUNZINGER 3, 45 ; pI. 516.
salida 19 14. i\\ATTHAI. 69; pis. 17/8 . 9 ; 18/ 3- 6 . 8 ; 1915 , 6 (synonymy) ,
1974, MERGNER & SCH HMACHER. 26S_
The present speci mens are all massive _ Corallites projecting to 2 mm. usually less, close together, on
an average 3 mm in diameter. Calices circular or oval. Septa in three cycles, out of which the first two
cycles reach the columella. Primary septa the largest , about 0.5 mm exsert. Exsert ends slightly arched _
Edges of septa with conspicuous serrations_ Columella with 4 to 5 upright papillate processes that merge
with the paliform lobes of the primary cycle of septa.
Material :
Gulf of Aqaba : Jerus _ SLR 394 (Marsa Murach); 486 (EI Kura )_
T_ Aviv NS 1881 , 4968, 4970, 4990,5002 (Dahab); 4811 , 4849 (Ras Atantur).
Basel PW 73587, 592 (Eilat )_
Northern R_ So: HLM EC 73 (Koseir, du plicate from KLUNZINGER )_
Central R_ So : P_ Sud_ Sa 22 (Sanganeb R.)_
D is t r ib uti 0 n: Red Sea ; Somaliland , atal (C ROSSLAND , 1948); Reunion; Chagos; Maldives;
Lakshadweep ; Cocos-Keeling Isls_ ; Ph ilippines (Faustino, 1927); China Sea ; Great Barrier Reef; New Caledonia;
Marshall Isls _; Ellice Isls_ ; Tahiti (QUELCH, 1886)_
Remarks : CHEVALIER (1975 ) has pointed out the similarities of L immersa to L bottae_ The
type of L immersa KLUNZINGER is No _ 2 178 in Berl in Museum_ The corallites in this are not projecting_
Calices are oval with 6 to 8 major septa uniting to the columella_ This specimen resembles the one figured
by VERON, PICHON & WljSMAN-BEST (1977 , figs _ 298 and 299), which is the type of L bottae (MILN E
EDWARDS & HAIM E) _ The above authors have also pointed out that the specimens figured by many
later authors under the name L bottae have little similarity to the type of Cypbastrea bottae_ However ,
we stress that the type of L immersa KLUNZ I GER is very sim ilar to Cypbastrea bottae of MILNE
EDWARDS & HAIME as figured by VERON et al.
WljSMAN-BEST, 1980, states, that the figures 298 and 299 in VERON et al. (1977) represent L transversa
and not L bottae_ She shows the second specimen in the Paris Museum as the holotype of L bottae
(1980, pI. 2, fig_ 4) _ However, we cannot fi nd out any difference between these two specimens, especially
in the arrangement of the septa _
Leptastrea transversa KLU ZINGER , 1879
(Plate 31 , Figs. 9,10)
Leptastrea
transversa 1879. KLUNZINGER J, 46; pI. 6/2 (Type locaJity : Red Se a).
1888. ORT1.tANN , 175.
1918. VAUGHAI'J. 94 : pI. 3 1/ 1. lao
1952. CROSSlAND, 115 ; pl. 54 / 1- 3.
1964. SCHEER. 46 1.
1971 , LOVA & SLOBODKIN. 124.
1974 . MERGNER & SC HUHMACHER, 265.
1974. SCHEER & PILLAI. 53 .
1975. CHEVALIER. 50 ; pis. 216. 7; 3/ 1; 38/ 10 (synonymy).
1976. PILLAI & SCHEER. 61.
1977. VERON, PI CHON & WljSMAN-BEST , 162; figs. 31 1- 318, 468.
1980. HEAD, 15 2. 461.
1980, Wl}SMAN-BEST, 249; pI. 31 3, 4 (synonymy).
ro issyona 1914, MATIHAI, 67; pis. 8/ 1- 3; 17/4 ; 1811 ; 19/ 1, 2; 37/4.
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