New records of stony corals from the Philippines previously known from peripheral areas of the Indo-Pacific
College
College of Science
Department/Unit
Biology
Document Type
Article
Source Title
Raffles Bulletin of Zoology
Volume
52
Issue
2
First Page
285
Last Page
288
Publication Date
12-31-2004
Abstract
New Philippine records of coral species are described here namely Cantharellus noumeae Hoeksema & Best, 1984; Stylophora kuehlmanni Scheer & Pillai, 1983; and Acropora halmaherae Wallace & Wolstenholme, 1998. Stylophora danae Milne Edwards & Haime, is also added again to the Philippine inventory to update previous lists. These species were previously reported only from areas peripheral to the Indo-West Pacific (IWP). These findings further emphasize the high diversity of coral fauna in the IWP, and in the case of Stylophora, may even suggest a shift of the genus' center of diversity from the Red Sea to the IWP. © National University of Singapore.
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Recommended Citation
Licuanan, W. Y., & Capili, E. B. (2004). New records of stony corals from the Philippines previously known from peripheral areas of the Indo-Pacific. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 52 (2), 285-288. Retrieved from https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/3508
Disciplines
Biology
Keywords
Scleractinia--Philippines; Scleractinia--Indo-Pacific Region
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