Dr. John Edward Norwood "Charlie" Veron, Australien
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“From Veron, J.E.N. Corals of the World.”
Veron, 2000
Description: Colonies are loosely attached or free-living, encrusting or laminar, and unifacial, with irregularly lobed margins and an irregularly contorted surface. There is no central corallite. Peripheral corallites are inclined towards the plate margins. Septo-costae are similar to those of Halomitra.
Color: Grey-brown with white margins.
Habitat: Shallow, horizontal, protected, partly turbid environments.
Abundance: Rare.
Similar Species: This species combines various characters of Lithophyllon, Podabacia and Halomitra. Corallites are smaller, less regular and more inclined on the colony surface than are those of P. motuporensis.
Veron, 2000
Description: Colonies are loosely attached or free-living, encrusting or laminar, and unifacial, with irregularly lobed margins and an irregularly contorted surface. There is no central corallite. Peripheral corallites are inclined towards the plate margins. Septo-costae are similar to those of Halomitra.
Color: Grey-brown with white margins.
Habitat: Shallow, horizontal, protected, partly turbid environments.
Abundance: Rare.
Similar Species: This species combines various characters of Lithophyllon, Podabacia and Halomitra. Corallites are smaller, less regular and more inclined on the colony surface than are those of P. motuporensis.
