Milne Edwards and Haime, 1849

Podabacia motuporensis (3)

Type species: Podabacia crustacea (Pallas, 1766)

Total number of species estimated: 3

Characteristics: Corals zooxanthellate, polystomatous (with multiple mouths), round, attached by stalk. Wall perforated. Septal teeth fine and lobate, costal spines small and slightly echinose. Colour cream or brown.

Ecology: Most common on reef slopes.

Range: Indo-West Pacific.

Additional remarks: A new, not yet described species has only been observed in western Indonesia.

Key references: Hoeksema, 1989, 1993a; Veron, 1990.

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Cnidaria
Class Anthozoa
Subclass Hexacorallia
Order Scleractinia
Family Fungiidae
Genus Podabacia

Sorry, there are no scientific synonyms and common names available for this taxon

Hoeksema, B.W., 1989. Taxonomy, phylogeny and biogeography of mushroom corals (Scleractinia: Fungiidae). ? Zoologische Verhandelingen, Leiden 254: 1- 295.

Hoeksema, B.W., 1993a. Mushroom corals (Scleractinia: Fungiidae) of Madang Lagoon, northern Papua New guinea: an annotated checklist with the description of Cantharellus jebbi spec. nov. ? Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden 67: 1-19.

Wells, J.W., 1966. Evolutionary development in the scleractinian family Fungiidae. In W.J. Rees (ed.).: The Cnidaria and their evolution. Symposia of the Zoological Society London 16: 223-246, 1 plate. Academic Press, London.

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