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II . Calices not more than 1 mm deep.
3. Corallum explanate, massive or columnar. Calices 5 to 7 mm in diameter, Septa mostly 24,
subequal. Slit-like interseptal loculi very conspicuous .................... . . .. G. tenella
B. Corallites less than 3 mm in diameter.
4 . Corallum submassive . Calices 2 to 3 mm in diameter, oval or rounded, 1 mm deep. Third cycle
of septa in complete. Columella very well developed . . ..... . ........ . ........ G. minor
5. Corallum columnar. Calices neately polygonal, average 2 mm in length rarely 2.5 mm , shallow.
Septa begin a little below the summit of the wall. Columella conspicuous. Septal teeth often
conspicuous . .. . .. . ............. .... ... ..... ... . .... ...... ........ . G. savignyi
6. Cor.llum co lumnar or nodular. Colonies generally small. Calices 1.5 to 2 mm in diameter,
about 1 mm deep. Third cycle of septa incomplete, primaries very conspicuous with prominent
pali. . ....... . .. . . .. .. . ......... . ..... . ...... . ......... . . . . .. . G. klunzingeri
Goniopora
Goniopora stokesi MILNE EDWARDS & HAIM E, 1851
(Plate 22, Figs. 12 - 14)
stokes; 1860. MILNE EDWARDS ( & HAIME). 192 (synonymy).
1907 •. VA UG HAN , 26l,pl. 28/ 1, 2.
1907, 8EDOT. 264 ; pis. 431240, 241. 24], 245 ; 441246. 247.
1927, FAUSTIN O. 287, pI. 96/2, l .
1955 . NEMENZO. 45 , pI. 912 .
1974, SCHEER & PILLAI , 41 : pl. 19/ 3, 4 (synonymy).
1976. PI LLA! & SCHEER. 47.
Java Sell I 1903. BERNARD. 75, pI. 8/4.
M aldives 4 1903 . BERNARD, 89: pI s. 7/6; 13 / 9 .
There are two specimens in the collections which we place under this species. Both were free at the
ti me of collection and with wrinkeled thick epithec. at the underside. NS 1461 is hemispherical, 7.5 mm
in greater spread , underside flat. NS 1460 is club-shaped, lower part dead , the living zone confined to a
cap-like structure at the top. In both the calices are polygonal, 4 to 5.5 mm in length. Wall very thin.
Septa narrow, three cycles, arranged in typical gonioporoid fashio n. Columella large, convex.
Mat e ri al:
Gulf of Aqaba: T . Aviv NS 1460,1461 (E ilat).
Dis t r ib uti 0 n : Red Sea ; East Africa ; Seychelles; Maldives; South India (PI LLAI, 1972); Nicobar
Isis. ; Mergui Archipelago ; Java; Singapore ; Philippines.
Goniopora planulata (E HRENBERG ), 1834
(Plate 23. Figs. 1,2)
Astraea
Goniopora
planulata
planulata
1834, EHRENBERG. 31 9 (Type locality ; Red Sea),
1879, KLUNZINGER 2, 4 5; pis. 5/24 ; 8123 (synonymy).
1888, ORTMANN, 159.
1892, ORTMANN , 655.
1954, ROSSI , 54 , pI. 10/ 2.
1967, SC HEER, 428.
1971. LOVA & SLOBODKIN. 124.
1974, MERGNER & SCHUHMACHER , 265.
1976, PILLAI & SCHEER, 49; pI. 19/ 1.
1980, HEAD, I SO. 454.
colurnTUl 1846, DANA, 570; pI. 56/ 5 , Sa, b.
1876 , HAECKEL. 16; fig. 13 (= DANA, 1872, fig. p. 52).
1974. SCHEER & PILLAI. 40; pI. 19/ 1, 2 (synonymy).
djiboutiensis 1907a. VAUGHAN. 263 ;pls. 26; 2712 .
1972. PILLAI. 204.
duofaciata 1932, T HIEL. 134; pI. 20/ 1 (synonymy).
1973, PILLAI, VINE & SCHEER, 4 59.