TY - JOUR
T1 - Cyphastrea kausti sp. n. (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Scleractinia), a new species of reef coral from the Red Sea
AU - Bouwmeester, Jessica
AU - Benzoni, Francesca
AU - Baird, Andrew H.
AU - Berumen, Michael L.
N1 - KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2020-10-01
PY - 2015/4/16
Y1 - 2015/4/16
N2 - A new scleractinian coral species, Cyphastrea kausti sp. n., is described from 13 specimens from the Red
Sea. It is characterised by the presence of eight primary septa, unlike the other species of the genus, which
have six, ten or 12 primary septa. The new species has morphological affinities with Cyphastrea microphthalma,
from which it can be distinguished by the lower number of septa (on average eight instead of
ten), and smaller calices and corallites. This species was observed in the northern and central Red Sea and
appears to be absent from the southern Red Sea.
AB - A new scleractinian coral species, Cyphastrea kausti sp. n., is described from 13 specimens from the Red
Sea. It is characterised by the presence of eight primary septa, unlike the other species of the genus, which
have six, ten or 12 primary septa. The new species has morphological affinities with Cyphastrea microphthalma,
from which it can be distinguished by the lower number of septa (on average eight instead of
ten), and smaller calices and corallites. This species was observed in the northern and central Red Sea and
appears to be absent from the southern Red Sea.
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10754/550821
UR - http://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=5097
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84927717752&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3897/zookeys.496.9433
DO - 10.3897/zookeys.496.9433
M3 - Article
C2 - 25931952
SN - 1313-2970
VL - 496
SP - 1
EP - 13
JO - ZooKeys
JF - ZooKeys
IS - 496
ER -