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| Lane, D.J.W.; Hoeksema, B.W.. |
| This communication reports the discovery of two additional fungiid coral species, Cycloseris hexagonalis and Lithophyllon spinifer, from a relatively deep shelf reef in Brunei waters. These new records plus two earlier excluded ones, Cycloseris explanulata and C. wellsi, raise the known number of mushroom coral species at this Northwest Borneo location to 37 which is comparable to the number (n=35) reported for reefs of the nearby Tungku Abdul Rahman Park/Kota Kinabalu area, outside but close to the currently recognized northwest boundary of the zone of maximum marine biodiversity, the Coral Triangle (CT). The fungiid species richness at Brunei is compared with those of other sites in this eastern part of the South China Sea (SCS), and the adjacent... |
| Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor |
Palavras-chave: Scleractinia; Fungiidae; Spratly; Coral reefs; Species richness. |
| Ano: 2016 |
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/613679 |
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| Hoeksema, B.W.; Lane, D.J.W.. |
| Brunei Darussalam is situated on the northwest coast of Borneo, just outside the westernmost boundary of the area presently recognised as the centre of maximum marine biodiversity, the so-called Coral Triangle. This diversity is particularly quantified with regard to numbers of reef coral species. Most coral reefs of Brunei are offshore, submerged patch reefs, which makes them hard to discern from the water surface. Few coral studies have been carried out here, although recently an extensive reef coral inventory has been published for Brunei. The present study builds on this inventory by presenting a focus on the mushroom coral fauna of Brunei, based on a survey of the family Fungiidae at 17 sites varying in distance offshore. The purpose of this study is... |
| Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor |
Palavras-chave: Reef corals; Species richness; Submerged reefs; Borneo; 42.79. |
| Ano: 2014 |
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/507002 |
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