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1971 . LOYA & SLOBODKIN. 122.
prostrala 1879, KLUNZINGER 2, 62 ; pis. 7/8 ; 817.
1971. LOVA & SLOBODKIN. 122.
septata 1898 •• GARDINER. 996; pI. 62/1.
1952. CROSSLAND. 108; pI. 2/5.
Stnailica 1878. BRUEGGEMANN. 396; pI. 7/ 3.
1879. KLUNZINGER 2. 65 .
The treatment of the species adopted here is that of MARENZELLER (1906), according to whom
S. palma to, S. digitata and S. prostrata of KL UNZlNGE R and S. sinaitiea BRUEGGEMANN are all skeletal
variants of S. pistillata. PILLA I & SCHEER (1976) suggested that S. mordax is the same as S. palmata ,
which was later confirmed by VERON & PICHON. These authors have also included S. sinaitica and
S. septata unter the synonymy of S. pistillata . We add S. nana, S. expanda and S. dendritiea, all of
NEMENZO (1964) from the Philippines.
S. pistillata is o ne of the most common species of the Red Sea, as far as we can suggest by the great
number of specimens we have in our collection. A large number of specimens were examined , including
ESPER'S type, wh ich display two major skeletal variations as follows : l. The branches are either slender
or digitiform or palmate; 2. the calices range from 0.5 mm at the older parts of the branches to l.25 mm
at the growing edges ; the hoods mayor may not be well developed. The species is well described in literature
and it is unnecessary to go into the details again.
Material :
Gulf of Suez:
Gulf of Aqaba :
Northern R. S.:
J crus .
T. Aviv
HLM
Jerus.
SLR
NS
X2 :
SLR
2133- 1, 5, 2158- 3,5 (EtTur).
8403 , 8443 (Ras Matarma) ;
8204, 8210, 8211,8216,8453 , 8454, 8456,8460, 8677 (El Bilaiyim) ;
8419, 8421 (Ras cl Kanisa).
1- 3, 1-4 (Ras Shukheir).
1256- 1 (Fara'un 151.); 380- 1-3 (Marsa Murach); 452- 2, 3 (El Kura) ;
655,668- 1, 2, 680 (MarsaAbu Zabad).
T. Aviv NS 1242 , 1267 (Eilat); 1932 (Marsa Murach); 4893 , 4901 (Wassit) ;
Basel
HLM
T. Aviv
HLM
HLM
4803 (Ras Atantur); 1846 (Shu rat el Manqata).
73648,651 , 681 (El Kura, 20 mi.
449 (EiJat); 1364 (Aqaba).
4947 (Marsa el At).
2-4 (GubaJ lsI., 9 mi.
420,421 (Shadwan 151.) ; 492 (Safaga 151.); 276- 281, 506, 507 (Ras
Abu Hagar) ; 419,423 (Koseir).
EC 168 ,171 (without locaL ).
PW
EC
NS
X2 :
EC
HLM
USNM Wa 1, 2 , 3 (G hardaqa).
Central R. S.: P. Sud.
HLM
Sa
RM
8 , 16 (Sang.neb R.).
1, 2, 2a, 3, 52, 53, 54, 55 (Wingate R.).
HLM X2 : 8- 1 (Shaab Anbar).
Southern R. S.: HLM X2 : 9- 7,9-12 , 10- 3, 10- 4 (Sarso 151.).
EC 251 (Sarso Isl.); 166, 341, 342 , 344- 349 (Massaw.).
Dis t rib uti 0 n: Widely distributed in the Indopacific from Red Sea to Fiji and Samoa, but not
known from the Southeast coast of India.
Stylophora danae MILNE EDWARDS and HAIME , 1850
(Plate: 2. Figs. 6, 7)
StyJophof'a
danae 1857, MILNE EDWARDS (& HAIME), 138 (Type: locaJiry : Si ngapore).
1927, FAUSTINO, 90; pI. 10/6.
1964, NEMENZO, 205 ; pl. 4/ 2.
erytbraea 1906. v. MARENZELLER. 75 ; pI. 27/100- 105.
1911. GRA VIER, 27; pis. 1/ 1- 3; 11/44.
1941 , CROSSLAND, 56; pis. 10. 11.