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Faure, G. (1977). Annotated checklist of the corals in the Mascarene Archipelago, Indian Ocean. Atoll Research Bulletin. 203: 1-26.
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Faure, G.
1977
Annotated checklist of the corals in the Mascarene Archipelago, Indian Ocean
Atoll Research Bulletin
203: 1-26
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1500 samples of corals have been collected by the author since 1969, in the different reef communities of the Mascarene archipelago, from 0 to 50 meters by scuba diving. A total of 135 species (including six species of non-scleractinian corals, belonging to 68 genera (including the genera Millepora, Heliopora, Distichopora) known to date are listed in this paper. Variations in the distribution of genera and species between the three islands can be attributed primarily to a more or less great diversity in the biota of the islands, and secondarily to the disparity in the repesent status of our knowledge of the different islands.
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Madracis kauaiensis Vaughan, 1907 (basis of record)
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Cycloseris cyclolites (Lamarck, 1815)
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Leptoseris hawaiiensis Vaughan, 1907
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Madracis kauaiensis Vaughan, 1907
Mauritius for Cyphastrea serailia (Forskål, 1775)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Leptoseris hawaiiensis Vaughan, 1907
Rodrigues for Cycloseris cyclolites (Lamarck, 1815)
Rodrigues for Cyphastrea serailia (Forskål, 1775)
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Leptoseris hawaiiensis Vaughan, 1907
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Madracis kauaiensis Vaughan, 1907
Mauritius for Cyphastrea serailia (Forskål, 1775)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Leptoseris hawaiiensis Vaughan, 1907
Rodrigues for Cycloseris cyclolites (Lamarck, 1815)
Rodrigues for Cyphastrea serailia (Forskål, 1775)
Description
Colonies are corymbose plates with branches up to 10 mm thick which are tapering, evenly spaced and curving upward ... [details]
Description
Calcareous skeleton with wide, flat branches, forking regularly, slightly anastomosing; many branches having a line ... [details]
Remark
Two taxa are listed in Fauré (1977) under this name: one by Ellis & Solander, one by Milne Edwards & Haime; both ... [details]
Remark
Brüggeman is in Macnae & Kalk (1958) spelled as Brueggemann. [details]
Spelling
Spelt M. exacea Forskaal in Sloan et al. (1979). [details]
Synonymy
Needs confirmation; only Agaricia ponderosa listed as synonym in Sheppard 1987 <65>. [details]
