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Scientific Name: Favites rotundata Veron, Pichon & Wijsman-Best, 1977
English Name: Not known
Local/Bangla Name: Not Known.
Photo: GBIF
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Anthozoa
Order: Scleractinia
Family: Faviidae
Description:
The colony exhibits a flat or dome-shaped structure. Corallites are circular with thick walls, leaning towards a cerioid shape. The polyps are fleshy with a circular outline. The color palette includes pale gray, yellowish, and brown with the corallite rims often having distinctive colors. Colonies can take on either a dome-shaped or flat form. The corallites, ranging from fully plocoid to cerioid that are characterized by thick walls and a circular shape within and among colonies. The polyps maintain a fleshy, circular outline. The coloration is typically pale gray, yellowish, or brown, with distinctively colored corallite rims.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Saint Martin’s Island
Environment:
Marine
Main References:
Haider SMB, Islam MT, Atiya MSI & Mahbub-E-Kibria M (2022) Present scenario of coral diversity at Saint Martin’s Island, Bangladesh. International Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Studies, 10(3): 01-15.
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