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152<br />
Madrepora<br />
.Wyudium<br />
PbyJJasttaea<br />
Myud;um<br />
tlepbantolll S<br />
tlepbantotus<br />
aspera<br />
eXpWnalUm<br />
oluni<br />
tenuicostatum<br />
tubilex<br />
,ubifex<br />
1766, PALLAS. 290(Typc locality: Indian Ocean).<br />
1940. UMBGROVE. 290; pI. 28/ t.<br />
1954. ROSS I. 36; pI. 4/ 1. 2.<br />
1975. CHEVAU ER. 337; pl. 33/ 3; 34/4 ; 35/2- 4; 36/ 3; 42/3 (synonymy).<br />
1980. VERON & PI CHON. 320; figs. 564- 582. 811 - 813.<br />
1980. HEAD. 153 . 468.<br />
1924. MAlTHAI . 58; pis. 3/ 5 ; 712.<br />
1901 . VERRILL. 136; pI. 29/ t.<br />
1860. MILNE EDWARDS (& HAIME). 75, pI. 01 2/1.<br />
1924. MAlTHAI. 58 , pl. 3/6.<br />
1901 . VERRILL, 137 , pl. 29/2. 2o-c.<br />
1846. DANA. 270, pI. 16/4.<br />
1936, VADE. SUGIYAMA & EGUCHI, 49: pI. 3713,4.<br />
1971 . LOVA & SLO BODK IN. 125.<br />
1974. MERGNE R & SCHUHMA CHER. 265.<br />
1974. SC HEE R & PILLAI. 59; pI. 27/4. 5.<br />
1976. PI LLAI & SCHEE R. 68; pl •. 3112 ; 32/ t.<br />
The present specimens include young entire colonies as well as parts of larger coralla. In so me of the<br />
specimens (for example SLR 807 and 808) the surface has small humpy projections, probably a reaction<br />
to the presence of boring polychaetes. The costae on such hillocks are more thickened than in normal<br />
forms. Corallites range from 6 to 10 mm in diameter and up to 10 mm in height in different coralla. Septa<br />
in three cycles. Costae confluent, edges with rounded granules.<br />
Mate r ial:<br />
Gulf o f Suez:<br />
Gulf o f Aqaba :<br />
orthern R. S.:<br />
T . Aviv<br />
Jerus.<br />
NS<br />
SLR<br />
5891 , 5892 (Et Tur).<br />
373 - 1- 4 (Marsa Murach) ; 11 85, 1188, 1192 (Marsa el Muqeibla);<br />
676- 1,2 (Marsa Abu Zabad).<br />
Basel PW 7 3547 (40 m), 580 (50- 55 m)(Eilat); 7 1 334 (40 m); 7 3 541 (18- 22 m)<br />
( Fara 'un Isl.) ; 73 647 (Dahab, lighthouse); I ex. without o.<br />
Jerus. SLR 807-1,2,808,818 ( Ras Muhammad).<br />
T . Aviv NS 4952 (Marsa el At) ; 1869 (Ras Muhammad).<br />
HLM X2 : 2- 34,3- 10 (G ubal lsl.).<br />
EC 433 (Shadwan Isl.).<br />
Central R. S.: P. Sud. Sa 46,47 (Sanganeb R.).<br />
Southern R. S. ; HLM EC 413a (Massawa).<br />
Di s t r ib uti 0 n : Red Sea ; Aldabra; Mauritius (FAU RE, 1977); Maldives; South India ; Nicobar Isis.;<br />
Mergui Archipelago; Si ngapore; East Ind ies (UMBGROV E, 1939); China Sea; Ph ilippines; Palau Isis.;<br />
Great Barrier Reef; New Caledonia; ew Hebrides ; Solomon Isis.; Marshall Isis .; Fiji; Tahiti.<br />
R e m a r ks : In agreement with WELLS (l955)andCHEVALlER (1975)we unite MATTHAI 'sMaspera<br />
as well as M okeni MI LNE EDWARDS & HAl ME, M explanatum (VERRI LL), M tenuicostatum (VERRILL)<br />
and M. tubifex (DANA ) with M elepbantotus.<br />
Genus Echinophyllia KL UNZINGER , 1879<br />
Ty pes pee i e s : Madrepora aspera EL LIS & SOLANDER, 1786.<br />
G e n e ri c c h a r ae t e r s: Colonial, explanate, underside costate. Corallites 7 to 10 mm in diameter,<br />
wall not at all, a little or sometimes more projecting, opening of the calices upward directed. A central<br />
mother calyx often present. Septo-costae confluent. Coenosteum vesicular. Columella conspicuous.<br />
CHEVALIER (1975) has discussed four species, E. aspera, E. echinata, E. glabra and E. rugosa . VERO &<br />
PICHO (1980) include only E. aspera and E. echinata in Echinophyllia and add E. orpheensis and E.<br />
echinoporoides to it. They replace E. glabra in the genus Oxypora and consider E. rugosa as a possible<br />
synonym of O. lacera .