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OCTOCORALS FROM THE NORTHERN REGION OF STRAITS OF
MALACCA.
Mahadi Mohammad1,Sazlina Md Salleh2, Aileen Tan
Shau-Hwai1 & Zulfigar Yasin1 1School of Biological Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang.
2Centre for Policy Research and International Studies, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang.
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Objective
To provide a checklists of Octocorals from the Northern Region of Straits of Malacca
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P. Bunting
P. Telor P. Songsong
P. Bidan
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P. Payar
P. Kacha
P. Lembu
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Sampling Sites
Sampling location
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Class Anthozoa
Subclass Hexacorallia
Order Actinaria
(sea anemones)
Order Scleractinia
Order Zoanthiniria
(Zoanthids)
Order Corallimorpharia
(mushroom anemones)
Subclass Ceriantipatharia
Order Antipatharia
(black & wire corals)
Order Ceriiantharia
(tube anemones)
Subclass Octocorallia
Order Helioporacea
(blue coral)
Order Alcyonacea
Alcyoniina
Scleraxonia
Holaxonia
Calcaxonia
Order Pennatulacea
(sea pens)
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OCTOCORALLIA
POLYP
10
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Taxonomy of Octocorallia is currently based on morphology of the:
1- colonies 2- structure of the axes, 3- the sclerites, and 4- colouration: colonies and sclerites
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SCLERITES
12
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COLONY TYPESCOLONY TYPES
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Family: Ellisellidae
Genus: Verrucella
Distribution: Tukun Terendak
Verrucella Mine Edwards & Haime 1857
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Menella Gray, 1870 Family: Plexauridae
Genus: Menella
Distribution: Tukun Terendak
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Junceella Valenciennes, 1855
Family: Ellisellidae
Genus: Junceella
Distribution: Pulau Songsong and Pulau Segantang
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Sinularia leptoclados Ehrenberg, 1834
Family: Alcyoniidae
Genus: Sinularia
Species: S. leptoclados
Distribution: P. Songsong and P. Payar
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Klyxum Alderslade, 2000
Family: Alcyoniidae
Genus: Klyxum
Distribution: P. Payar
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FINDINGS
Hard coral Octocoral
Family 13 3
Genus 36 5
Dominant Pocillopora &
Acropora
Sinularia leptoclados
Rare Leptoria sp.,
Alveopora sp. &
Lobophyllia sp.
Menella sp.
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FAMILY FAMILY ALCYONIIDAEALCYONIIDAE 4 genus4 genus 11 species11 species
Klyxum sp. Lobophytum sarcophytoides Sinularia polydactyla
Sinularia leptoclados Sinularia capitalis Sinularia flexibilis Sinularia brassica
Sarcophyton agaricum Sarcophyton cinereum Sarcophyton elegans Sarcophyton ehrenbergi
20 Pulau Pemanggil, Johor
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FAMILY FAMILY NEPHTHEIDAENEPHTHEIDAE 4 genus4 genus 9 species9 species
Dendronephthya binongkoensis Dendronephthya klunzengeri Dendronephthya minima Dendronephthya quadrata
Dendronephthya roemeri Dendronephthya weberi Capnella imbricata Litophyton arboreum
Nephthea striata
Pulau Pemanggil, Johor
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
We would like to thank the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (NRE), Marine Park Malaysia for the funding support and members of Marine Science, Universiti Sains Malaysia for their assistance during the sampling period.