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Table 1 Species of azooxanthellate corals recorded from Indian waters

From: Occurrence of azooxanthellate scleractinian corals off Goa, mid-west coast of India

S.No.

Family

Genus

Species

Lakshadweep

Gulf of Kuthch

Gulf of Mannar

Andaman & Nicobar Islands

South West coast

Mid-west coast (Goa)

1

 

Caryophyllia

C. clavus

d

  

d

  

2

C. arcuata

e

  

d

c

 

3

C. acanthocyathus

   

d

  

4

Deltocyathus

D. andamanicus

   

e

  

5

Paracyathus

P. indicus

   

e

  

6

P. profundus

  

b

 

c

f

7

P. stokesii

 

e

d

d

c

 

8

Caryophyllidae

Polycyanthus

P. verrilli

 

e

a

e

  

9

P. andamanensis

   

e

  

10

Heterocyanthus

H. aequicostatus

  

d

d

c&d

 

11

Solonosmilia

S. variabilis

    

c

 

12

Stephanocyathus

S. nobilis

e

     

13

Flabellidae

Flabellum

F. pavonium

e

     

14

F. stokesi

    

c

 

15

Placotrocus

P.levis

  

e

e

  

16

Rhizangiidae

Culicia

C. rubeola

  

e

d

  

17

Cladangia

C. exusta

  

e

   

18

 

Balanophyllia

B. affinis

  

e

   

19

B. cumingii

    

c

f

20

B. imperialis

   

e

  

21

Dendrophyllidae

B. scabra

   

e

  

22

Endopachys

E. grayi

   

d

c

 

23

E. philippinensis

  

e

   

24

E. amphelioides

   

d

  

25

Endopsamia

E. marenzelleri

   

d

  

26

Heteropsammia

H. cochlea

    

c

 

27

H. michelini

  

e

e

  

28

Tubastrea

T. aurea

 

e

e

e

c

 

29

D. coarctata

  

e

   

30

D. cornigera

    

c

 

Dendrophyllia

31

D. arbuscula

   

d

  

32

D.micanthus

  

d

   

33

D. minuscula

 

e

 

d

c

 

34

D. indica

  

a& e

 

c

f

 

Total

4

4

13

20

12

3

  1. a = (as reported by Pillai, 1969); b = (as reported by Pillai, 1986); c = (as reported by Pillai and Jasmine 1995); d = (as reported by Venkataraman, 2006); e = (as reported by Venkataraman, 2007) and f = (as per the present study)