Handbook on Hard Corals of India |
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Acropora Andaman and Nicobar axial Barrier Reef Bay and Andaman branches Brook calices Characters Colonies coenosteum Colonies are massive columella coral reef areas coral reefs Coral Sea cream Dana diameter Distribution In India Edwards & Haime Edwards and Haime Ehrenberg Family Favia Favites fish Forskal Fungia genera Genus Goniastrea Goniopora Gulf of Kachchh Gulf of Mannar habitats hermatypic Indo-Pacific lagoons Lakshadweep and Andaman Lamarck live coral Living colonies Madrepora major coral reef mangroves Mannar and Palk Marine National Park Marshall Islands meandroid Milne Edwards Montipora Nicobar Islands pale paliform lobes Palk Bay Pavona Platygyra Pocillopora Polyps Polyps are extended Porites Psammocora Radial corallites recorded from Gulf recorded from Lakshadweep recorded in India Red Sea reef environments reef flats reef slopes reefs of India Remarks Scleractinia septa septo-costae similar species are reported tentacles thick throughout the Indo-Pacific tropical Indo-Pacific tubular Turbinaria U.S. Exploring Expedition Veron Worldwide Zool Zoologica Stuttg