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Provisional checklist <strong>of</strong> s<strong>of</strong>t corals recorded <strong>in</strong> <strong>Sri</strong> <strong>Lanka</strong>S. KrishnarajaThe Open University <strong>of</strong> <strong>Sri</strong> <strong>Lanka</strong>SpeciesFamily: AlcyoniidaeS<strong>in</strong>ularia brassica May, 1898S<strong>in</strong>ularia dura (Pratt, 1903)S<strong>in</strong>ularia erecta Tixier-Durivault, 1945S<strong>in</strong>ularia firma Tixier-Durivault, 1970S<strong>in</strong>ularia grandilobata Verseveldt, 19S<strong>in</strong>ularia granosa Tixier-Durivault, 1970S<strong>in</strong>ularia leptoclados(Ehrenberg, 1834 )S<strong>in</strong>ularia lochmodos kolonko, 1926S<strong>in</strong>ularia macropodia Hickson & Hites, 1900S<strong>in</strong>ularia microspiculata Tixier-Durivault, 1970S<strong>in</strong>ularia m<strong>in</strong>ima Verseveldt, 1971S<strong>in</strong>ularia polydactyla Ehrenberg, 1834S<strong>in</strong>ularia imbrilobata Verseveldt, 1974Cladiella humsi Verseveldt, 1974Cladiella spp.Cladiella subtilis Tixier-Durivault, 1970Lobophytum altum Tixier-Durivault, 1956Lobophytum compactum Tixier-Durivault, 1956Lobophytum crassum Von Marenzeller, 1886Lobophytum crebriplicatum Von Marenzeller, 1886Lobophytum critigalli Von Marenzeller, 1886Lobophytum delectum Tixier-Durivault, 1966Lobophytum michaelae Tixier-Durivault, 1966Lobophytum ransoni Tixier-Durivault, 1959Lobophytum packeli Tixier-Durivault, 1956Sarcophyton acutangulam Tixier-Durivault, 1966Sarcophyton crassoc Moser, 1919Sarcophyton crassum Tixier-Durivault, 1946Sarcophyton ehrenbergi Von Marenzeller, 1886Sarcophyton latum(Dana, 1846)Sarcophyton trocheliophorum Von Marenzeller,1886Family: NephtheidaeDendronephthya gigantia(Verrill, 1864)Sterionephthya costatocyania Burchardt, 1898Tortus pacilloporaformisFamily: XeriidaeXenia spp.ReferenceK. D. Arudpragasam & S. Krishnaraja. 1983. Taxonomy and Distribution <strong>of</strong> S<strong>of</strong>t Corals <strong>in</strong> <strong>Sri</strong> <strong>Lanka</strong>, NSF Report.375

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