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G e n e ric c h a r a ct e r s: Solitary, free or fixed, turbinate or saucer-shaped. Calyx sub circular.
Septa in five cycles. Major septa highly exsert and arched, swollen at the theca; upper part of these septa
entire and lobulate, lower outer part with teeth. A conspicuous set of pali present. Costae distinct.
Cynarina lacryrnalis (MILNE EDWARDS and HAIME), 1848
(Plate H. Fig. 6)
Caryopbyllia
CYriarina
Caryophyllia
Scleropbyllia
Cynarina
/acrymalis 1848 . MILNE EDWARDS & HAIME. t. 11 :238: t. 10: pI. Sl l , l a (Typ~ locality : Philippines:
arter CHEVALIER , 1975 . type: is lost).
lacrymalis 1964a, WELLS. 376; pis. 20/ 1- 5: 21/1 - 6 (synonymy).
1975. CHEVALIER, 293 ; pis. 2612 , 3; 2716 (synonymy).
1976. PILLAI & SCHEE R. M , pi. 28/1 . 2.
1980. VERON & PICHON. 238, figs. 396- 401. 770.
c! carduus 1828. AUDOUIN (& SAVIGNY I). 54 ; pI. 4/ 2 .
margariticola 1879 . KLUNZINGE R 3, 4 : pI. 1112 .
1907 •. VAUGHAN, 258.
1911. GRAV IER, 42 ,pi. 11 /45.
1924-, MATIHAI, 33 .
savignyi 1877a. BR UEGGEMANN, 305 .
1879, KLUNZINGER 3. 4.
1952. CROSSLAND. 137, pI. 4/1 . 2.
There are six specimens in the present collection. The largest is 55 mm in greater diameter. The primary
septa are the thickest and most exsert in majority of specimens, but in one (NS 607 1) the first two cycles
are subequal. The number of teeth range from 3 to 5. Pali very conspicuous in primary septa. The edges
of septa of higher cycles have serrations representing teeth, these septa are not swollen as those of lower
cycles. Two to three cycles of septa unite with the columella. Columella composed of closely twisted
trabeculae. The specimens are cornuate ( S 6071) or saucer-shaped. The base is narrower than the top.
We have also seen KLU ZINGER 's type of Scleropby/lia rnargariticula, No. 2181 in Berlin Museum .
Material:
Gulf of Aqaba: Jerus. SLR 364- 2 (Marsa Murach) ; 1241 (Fara'un Isl. ).
T. Aviv NS 6071,6114,6116 (Eilat).
Basel PW 73 573a (Eilat , 50- 55 m, juv., attached to Coscillaraea rnonile).
Dis t rib uti 0 n : Red Sea; Madagascar; Maldives; Ceylon ; India (the locality of the Indian Museum
specimen, reported by MATTHAI, 1924, is not known); Borneo; China Sea (BASSET-SM ITH , 1890);
Philippines; Japan ; Great Barrier Reef; New Caledonia; Loyalty IsIs. ; Kermadec IsIs.
Genus Lobopbyllia de BLAINVILLE, 1830
Ty pes p e c i e s: Madrepora coryrnbosa FORSKAL, 1775.
G e n e ric c h a r act e r s : Phaceloid . Corallites monocentric or in longish valleys , 15 mm in diameter
to 5 or 7 cm in length and 10 to 20 mm wide. Septa thick, highly exsert with large teeth. Columella
centres dintinct, adjacent ones in a valley linked by lamellae.
MATTHAI (1928) in his revision of Lobopbyllia recognized three species, viz L. corymbosa, L. costata
and L. bempricbii. CROSSLAND (1931) made a critical examination of the genus in Tahiti and felt that
all the above mentioned species can be growth forms of one and the same. However, 1952 he separated
L. coryrnbosa from L. bempricbii. It is interesting to note that specimens, labelled by MATTHAI as L.
costata, were reported by CROSSLAND as L. bempricbii, which shows that these two great workers could
not agree on the determination due to lack of any definite distinguishing features between L. costata and
L. bempricbii. STEPHENSON & WELLS (1956) also felt that all of MATTHAI's "vaLid " species may represent
a single good species. However, in this work we regard L. corymbosa and L. bempricbii as separate. L.
costata is not separable on any sound basis.
Key to the species of Lobopbyllia from Red Sea:
I . Corallites mostly monocentric, but with occasional di- or tricentric valleys. .. . . ... . L. corymbosa