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Material:
Gulf of Aqaba: Jerus. SLR 387 (Marsa Murach); 1165 (Marsa el Muqeibla); 533 - 2 (EI Kura);
2385 (EI Gharqana).
T. Aviv NS 6111,6284 (30 m) (Eilat).
Basel PW 71316, 31 7 (Eilat, 40 m) ; 73633, 634 (E I Kura, 20 m).
Central R. S. : P. Sud. Sa 102 (Sanganeb R., 8 m).
HLM EC 135 (Sanganeb R.).
HLM RM 56 (Wingate R.).
Southern R. S. : HLM EC 343 (Massawa).
Dis tr i but ion: Red Sea ; Persian Gulf; Madagascar ;Mauritius (FAU RE , 1977 );Maldives; not known
from the Pacific.
Stylopho-ra kuehlmanni new species
(Plate 3, Figs. 1-4)
There are many specimens of Stylophora among the collections of Dr. KUEHLMANN in the Museum
of Natural Science at Berlin from Wingate Reef near Port Sudan from a depth of 25 to 50 m. This appears
to be a hitherto undescribed species and we venture to name it. The following are the details.
Corallum prostrate, pedicellate; larger colonies are up to 25 em in greater spread. Branches 4 to 5 mm
thick, repeatedly dividing, often reticulately coalescent, underside mostly flattened. Branches arranged in
several layers as in some corymbose species of Acropora. Branchlets 2 to 3 mm thick, apices tapering.
Odd branches have a remarkable resemblance to Anacropora.
Corallites 0.4 to 0.5 mm in diameter, 1 to 2 mm apart. Septa six , subequeal, not exsert or only very
slightly projecting above the thecal rim The directive septa unite each other dividing the fossa into two
equal compartments. Columella styliform, projecting. In older parts of the branches the thecal rim is
not projecting, but at the distal parts the upper rim of the wall projects in the form of half"1l-