WoRMS taxon details

Platygyra lamellina (Ehrenberg, 1834)

207487  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:207487)

accepted
Species
Coeloria arabica Klunzinger, 1879 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Coeloria arabica var. lamellina (Ehrenberg, 1834) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Coeloria arabica var. subdentata (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Coeloria arabica var. triangularis Klunzinger, 1879 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Coeloria bottae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Coeloria bottai Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Coeloria ehrenbergiana Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Coeloria forskaelana Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Coeloria forskalana Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (misspelling)
Coeloria forskaliana Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Coeloria lamellina (Ehrenberg, 1834) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Coeloria laticollis Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Coeloria leptoticha Klunzinger, 1879 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Coeloria subdentata Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Hydnophora microconos var. lamellina (Ehrenberg, 1834) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Maeandra (Platygyra) labyrinthica (Pallas, 1766) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Maeandra (Platygyra) labyrinthica Ehrenberg, 1834 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Maeandra (Platygyra) lamellina Ehrenberg, 1834 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (basionym)
Maeandra lamellina Ehrenberg, 1834 · unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)
Maeandra laticollis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Maeandra leptoticha (Klunzinger, 1879) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Maeandrina arabica (Klunzinger, 1879.) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Meandra lamellina Ehrenberg, 1834 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Meandrina (Platygyra) lamellina (Ehrenberg, 1834) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Meandrina lamellina (Ehrenberg, 1834) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Platygyra daedalea var. bottai (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Platygyra daedalea var. lamellina (Ehrenberg, 1834) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Platygyra daedalea var. leptoticha (Klunzinger, 1879) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Platygyra labyrinthica (Pallas, 1766) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Platygyra subdentata (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Maeandra (Platygyra) lamellina Ehrenberg, 1834) Ehrenberg, C. G. (1834). Beiträge zur physiologischen Kenntniss der Corallenthiere im allgemeinen, und besonders des rothen Meeres, nebst einem Versuche zur physiologischen Systematik derselben. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin.</em> 1: 225-380., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29725862 [details]   
Holotype    
Holotype  [details]
Note Red Sea (Veron, 1986).  
From other sources
Type locality Red Sea (Veron, 1986). [details]
Description This is a fully meandroid species. The series have unperforated, broad walls, which are broader than the valley floor....  
Description This is a fully meandroid species. The series have unperforated, broad walls, which are broader than the valley floor. Septa are regular, and are all equal in size, or nearly so. The valley floor in most specimens from the Arabian region Sea is flat, smooth and solid. Septa emerge from this solid floor. In parts of the coralla, trabecular elements emerge from these to form the kind of columella usually associated with all species of the genus. This valley floor is distinctly different to those of P. lamellina seen from further east, which are more typical of the genus. Platygyra lamellina is not common, though it is widespread. It prefers shallow water on fore-reef slopes and, because it forms large colonies, it is usually conspicuous. (Sheppard, 1998 <308>)
Colonies are massive, meandroid, with thick walls. Septa are uniformly exsert and are neat and rounded. Colour: usually brown or with brown walls and grey or green valleys. Abundance: usually uncommon. (Veron, 1986 <57>) [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2024). World List of Scleractinia. Platygyra lamellina (Ehrenberg, 1834). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207487 on 2024-03-19
Date
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1997-01-31 16:37:49Z
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2000-07-18 15:57:33Z
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2008-01-16 10:35:54Z
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2014-03-15 10:57:36Z
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2019-08-25 11:38:48Z
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2021-04-28 05:39:27Z
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2022-05-10 10:52:12Z
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original description  (of Coeloria arabica Klunzinger, 1879) Klunzinger CB. (1879). Die Korallthiere des Rothen Meeres, 3. Theil: Die Steinkorallen. Zweiter Abschnitt: Die Asteraeaceen und Fungiaceen. 1-100, pls. 1-10. Gutmann, Berlin. [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Coeloria leptoticha Klunzinger, 1879) Klunzinger CB. (1879). Die Korallthiere des Rothen Meeres, 3. Theil: Die Steinkorallen. Zweiter Abschnitt: Die Asteraeaceen und Fungiaceen. 1-100, pls. 1-10. Gutmann, Berlin. [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Maeandra lamellina Ehrenberg, 1834) Ehrenberg, C. G. (1834). Beiträge zur physiologischen Kenntniss der Corallenthiere im allgemeinen, und besonders des rothen Meeres, nebst einem Versuche zur physiologischen Systematik derselben. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin.</em> 1: 225-380., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29725862 [details]   

original description  (of Coeloria laticollis Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) Milne Edwards H, Haime J. (1849). Recherches sur les polypiers. Mémoire 4. Monographie des Astréides (1) (suite). <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, Series 3.</em> 12, 3, 95-197. [details]   

original description  (of Coeloria subdentata Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) Milne Edwards H, Haime J. (1849). Recherches sur les polypiers. Mémoire 4. Monographie des Astréides (1) (suite). <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, Series 3.</em> 12, 3, 95-197. [details]   

original description  (of Coeloria forskaliana Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) Milne Edwards H, Haime J. (1849). Recherches sur les polypiers. Mémoire 4. Monographie des Astréides (1) (suite). <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, Series 3.</em> 12, 3, 95-197. [details]   

original description  (of Coeloria arabica var. triangularis Klunzinger, 1879) Klunzinger CB. (1879). Die Korallthiere des Rothen Meeres, 3. Theil: Die Steinkorallen. Zweiter Abschnitt: Die Asteraeaceen und Fungiaceen. 1-100, pls. 1-10. Gutmann, Berlin. [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Meandra lamellina Ehrenberg, 1834) Ehrenberg, C. G. (1834). Beiträge zur physiologischen Kenntniss der Corallenthiere im allgemeinen, und besonders des rothen Meeres, nebst einem Versuche zur physiologischen Systematik derselben. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin.</em> 1: 225-380., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29725862 [details]   

original description  (of Maeandra (Platygyra) lamellina Ehrenberg, 1834) Ehrenberg, C. G. (1834). Beiträge zur physiologischen Kenntniss der Corallenthiere im allgemeinen, und besonders des rothen Meeres, nebst einem Versuche zur physiologischen Systematik derselben. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin.</em> 1: 225-380., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29725862 [details]   

original description  (of Coeloria bottae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) Milne Edwards H, Haime J. (1849). Recherches sur les polypiers. Mémoire 4. Monographie des Astréides (1) (suite). <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, Series 3.</em> 12, 3, 95-197. [details]   

original description  (of Coeloria ehrenbergiana Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) Milne Edwards H, Haime J. (1849). Recherches sur les polypiers. Quatrième mémoire. Monographie des astréides(1). Tribu II. Astréens (Astreinae). <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Série 3, Zoologie.</em> 11: 233–312. [details]   

original description  (of Maeandra (Platygyra) labyrinthica Ehrenberg, 1834) Ehrenberg, C. G. (1834). Beiträge zur physiologischen Kenntniss der Corallenthiere im allgemeinen, und besonders des rothen Meeres, nebst einem Versuche zur physiologischen Systematik derselben. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin.</em> 1: 225-380., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29725862 [details]   

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS[details]   

basis of record Veron JEN. (1986). Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific. <em>Angus & Robertson Publishers.</em>  [details]   

additional source Veron JEN, Pichon M, Wijsman-Best M. (1977). Scleractinia of Eastern Australia – Part II. Families Faviidae, Trachyphylliidae. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science Monograph series.</em> 3: 1-233. [details]   

additional source Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (1999). Appendix: List of extant stony corals. <em>Atoll Research Bulletin.</em> 459: 13-46.
page(s): 30 [details]   

additional source Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS[details]   

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Veron JEN. (2000). Corals of the World. Vol. 1–3. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science and CRR, Queensland, Australia.</em>  [details]   

additional source Wells JW. (1955). Recent and subfossil corals of Moreton Bay, Queensland. <em>Queensland. University of Queensland Papers, Department of Geology.</em> 4 (10): 1-18, pls. 1-3.
page(s): 5, 13, 14 [details]   

additional source Wells JW. (1961). Notes on Indo-Pacific scleractinian corals. Part 3, A new reef coral from New Caledonia. <em>Pacific Science.</em> 15: 189-191.
page(s): 189 [details]   

additional source Scheer G, Pillai CSG. (1974). Report on Scleractinia from the Nicobar Islands. <em>Zoologica, Stuttgart.</em> 42(122): 1-75.
page(s): 9, 51-52, 75 [details]   

additional source Pillai CSG, Scheer G (1976) Report on the stony corals from the Maldive Archipelago. Results of the Xarifa Expedition 1957/58. Zoologica, Stuttgart 43 (126): 1-83, pls. 1-32. [details]   

additional source Wijsman-Best M (1976) Biological results of the Snellius expedition: XXVII. Faviidae collected by the Snellius Expedition. II. The genera Favites, Goniastrea, Platygyra, Oulophyllia, Leptoria, Hydnophora and Caulastrea. Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden 50: 45-63. [details]   

additional source Wijsman-Best M (1972) Systematics and ecology of New Caledonian Faviinae (Coelenterata–Scleractinia). Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde 42: 3-90. [details]   

additional source Nemenzo F (1959) Systematic studies on Philippine shallow water scleractinians: II. Suborder Faviida. Natural and Applied Science Bulletin, University of the Philippines 16: 73-135, pls. 1-24.
page(s): 76, 107 [details]   

additional source Pichon, M.; Benzoni, F. (2007). Taxonomic re-appraisal of zooxanthellate Scleractinian Corals in the Maldive Archipelago. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1441: 21–33.
page(s): 32 [details]   

additional source Scheer G (1967). Korallen von den Sarso-Inseln im Roten Meer. Senckenbergiana Biologica 48: 421-436. [details]   

additional source Huang D, Benzoni F, Fukami H, Knowlton N, Smith ND, Budd AF (2014) Taxonomic classification of the reef coral families Merulinidae, Montastraeidae, and Diploastraeidae (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Scleractinia). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 171: 277–355. [details]   

additional source Veron JEN, Marsh LM. (1988). Hermatypic corals of Western Australia : records and annotated species list. <em>Records Western Australian Museum Supplement.</em> 29: 1-136., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.60555
page(s): 32, 107 [details]   

additional source Pillai CSG. (1972). Stony corals of the seas around India. <em>Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Corals and Coral Reefs, 1969. Marine Biological Association of India Symposium.</em> 5: 191-216.
page(s): 206 [details]   

additional source Utinomi, H. (1965). A revised catalogue of scleractinian corals from the southwest coast of Shikoku in the collections of the Ehime University and the Ehime Prefectural Museum, Matsuyama. <em>Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory.</em> 13(3): 243-261., available online at https://doi.org/10.5134/175404
page(s): 251 [details]   

additional source Boshoff, P.H. (1981). An annotated checklist of Southern Africa Scleractinia. <em>Oceanographic Research Institute Investigational Report, Durban.</em> 49: 1-45.
page(s): 33 [details]   

additional source Khalil HM, Fathy MS, Al Sawy SM. (2021). Quaternary corals (Scleractinia: Merulinidae) from the Egyptian and Saudi Arabian Red Sea Coast. <em>Geological Journal.</em> , available online at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/gj.4145?af=R [details]   

additional source Veron, J. E. N. (2000). Corals of the World, Volume III: Families Mussidae, Faviidae, Trachyphylliidae, Poritidae. Australian Institute of Marine Science. Townsville., volume 3, pp. 490.
page(s): 192-193 [details]   

additional source Maragos, J. E.; Molina, M.; Kenyon, J. (2004). Palmyra Atoll coral data compiled from Townsend Cromwell 2000-2002, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 2000-2001, and Sette 2004 surveys [Table 8]. UNPUBLISHED, UNPUBLISHED [details]   

additional source Maragos, J. E.; Kenyon, J. (2004). Rose Atoll coral data compiled from US Fish and Wildlife Service 1994, Townsend Cromwell 2002, and Sette 2004 surveys [Table 10]. UNPUBLISHED, Unpublished
page(s): 1 [details]   

additional source Sheppard, C. R. C. (1985). Fringing reefs in the southern region, Jeddah to Jizan. Fauna of Saudi Arabia, 7, 37-58
page(s): 45 [details]   

additional source Wallace, C. C.; Fellegara, I.; Muir, P. R.; Harrison, P. L. (2009). The scleractinian corals of Moreton Bay, eastern Australia: high latitude, marginal assemblages with increasing species richness. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 54, 2
page(s): 2, 10, 14, 78, 79 [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Holotype  [details]
Nontype (of Coeloria lamellina (Ehrenberg, 1834)) IGPS 36966, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Coeloria lamellina (Ehrenberg, 1834)) IGPS 36967, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Coeloria lamellina (Ehrenberg, 1834)) IGPS 36968, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Coeloria lamellina (Ehrenberg, 1834)) IGPS 36969, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Coeloria lamellina (Ehrenberg, 1834)) IGPS 36970, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Coeloria lamellina (Ehrenberg, 1834)) IGPS 36971, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Coeloria lamellina (Ehrenberg, 1834)) IGPS 36972, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Coeloria lamellina (Ehrenberg, 1834)) IGPS 36973, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Coeloria lamellina (Ehrenberg, 1834)) IGPS 36990, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Coeloria lamellina (Ehrenberg, 1834)) IGPS 37270, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Coeloria lamellina (Ehrenberg, 1834)) IGPS 40723, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Coeloria lamellina (Ehrenberg, 1834)) IGPS 40732, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Coeloria lamellina (Ehrenberg, 1834)) IGPS 40764, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Coeloria lamellina (Ehrenberg, 1834)) IGPS 41334, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Coeloria lamellina (Ehrenberg, 1834)) IGPS 44633, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Coeloria lamellina (Ehrenberg, 1834)) IGPS 44634, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Coeloria lamellina (Ehrenberg, 1834)) IGPS 44645, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Coeloria lamellina (Ehrenberg, 1834)) IGPS 44649, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Coeloria lamellina (Ehrenberg, 1834)) IGPS 44650, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Coeloria lamellina (Ehrenberg, 1834)) IGPS 44652, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Coeloria lamellina (Ehrenberg, 1834)) IGPS 44676, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Coeloria lamellina (Ehrenberg, 1834)) IGPS 44683, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Coeloria lamellina (Ehrenberg, 1834)) IGPS 44683, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Coeloria lamellina (Ehrenberg, 1834)) IGPS 44684-44686, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Coeloria lamellina (Ehrenberg, 1834)) IGPS 44690, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Coeloria lamellina (Ehrenberg, 1834)) IGPS 44812, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Coeloria lamellina (Ehrenberg, 1834)) IGPS 45111, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Coeloria lamellina (Ehrenberg, 1834)) IGPS 45133, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Coeloria lamellina (Ehrenberg, 1834)) IGPS 47194, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Coeloria lamellina (Ehrenberg, 1834)) IGPS 47828, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Coeloria lamellina (Ehrenberg, 1834)) IGPS 48247, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Coeloria lamellina (Ehrenberg, 1834)) IGPS 48249, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Coeloria lamellina (Ehrenberg, 1834)) IGPS 48250, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Coeloria lamellina (Ehrenberg, 1834)) IGPS 48620, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Coeloria lamellina (Ehrenberg, 1834)) IGPS 48764, geounit Marshall Islands Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Coeloria lamellina (Ehrenberg, 1834)) IGPS 48765, geounit Marshall Islands Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Coeloria lamellina (Ehrenberg, 1834)) IGPS 48767, geounit Marshall Islands Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Coeloria lamellina (Ehrenberg, 1834)) IGPS 50744, geounit Palau Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Coeloria lamellina (Ehrenberg, 1834)) IGPS 50760, geounit Micronesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Coeloria lamellina (Ehrenberg, 1834)) IGPS 51052, geounit Micronesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Coeloria lamellina (Ehrenberg, 1834)) IGPS 51072, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Coeloria lamellina (Ehrenberg, 1834)) IGPS 56634, geounit Palau Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Coeloria lamellina (Ehrenberg, 1834)) IGPS 56651-56653, geounit Palau Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype HLD X2: 127-44, geounit Indian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype HLD X2: 154-16, geounit Indian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype HLD X2: 154-17, geounit Indian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 119-74, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 206-74, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 247-78, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 258-84, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 275-85, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 292-85, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 32-59, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 336-85, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 411-85, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 418-77, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 443-84, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 484-84, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 506-84, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 59-73, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 78-88, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Syntype (of Maeandra (Platygyra) labyrinthica Ehrenberg, 1834) ZMB Cni682 [details]
Unknown type (of Coeloria bottae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) IMC Zev 7341/7 [details]
Unknown type (of Coeloria bottae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) IMC, geounit Saudi Arabian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type (of Maeandrina arabica (Klunzinger, 1879.)) MZUS, geounit Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type (of Coeloria lamellina (Ehrenberg, 1834)) IMC Zev 7290/7 [details]
Unknown type (of Coeloria forskaliana Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) IMC [details]
Unknown type (of Coeloria forskaliana Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) IMC, geounit Saudi Arabian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
From editor or global species database
Biology zooxanthellate [details]

From other sources
Description This is a fully meandroid species. The series have unperforated, broad walls, which are broader than the valley floor. Septa are regular, and are all equal in size, or nearly so. The valley floor in most specimens from the Arabian region Sea is flat, smooth and solid. Septa emerge from this solid floor. In parts of the coralla, trabecular elements emerge from these to form the kind of columella usually associated with all species of the genus. This valley floor is distinctly different to those of P. lamellina seen from further east, which are more typical of the genus. Platygyra lamellina is not common, though it is widespread. It prefers shallow water on fore-reef slopes and, because it forms large colonies, it is usually conspicuous. (Sheppard, 1998 <308>)
Colonies are massive, meandroid, with thick walls. Septa are uniformly exsert and are neat and rounded. Colour: usually brown or with brown walls and grey or green valleys. Abundance: usually uncommon. (Veron, 1986 <57>) [details]

Type locality Red Sea (Veron, 1986). [details]
LanguageName 
English lesser valley coral  [details]
Japanese ノウサンゴ  [details]