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FIGURE 2 in Porites fontanesii, a new species of hard coral (Scleractinia, Poritidae) from the southern Red Sea, the Gulf of Tadjoura, and the Gulf of Aden, and its phylogenetic relationships within the genus
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FIGURE 2 SEM images of Porites fontanesii sp. nov. (A) Holotype (MNHN-IK.2009-834) corallite arrangement; The typical septal plan with a fused vetral triplet, a short dorsal septum, and five pali in a corallite of specimen UNIMIB MU027 (B), and in the holotype C); (D) Corallite arrangement at the base of specimen UNIMIB BAL151 (Fig. 4E–F); (E) A corallite in the same specimen with a typically thickened inner cycle of synapticulae connecting the proximal end of the septa resembling a hollow columella; (F) Detail of another corallite with a very thickened inner cycle of synapticulae. Larger arrows indicate the dorsal septum, smaller arrows the synapticulae connecting the dorsal septum to the lateral pairs.
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Published as part of Benzoni, Francesca & Stefani, Fabrizio, 2012, Porites fontanesii, a new species of hard coral (Scleractinia, Poritidae) from the southern Red Sea, the Gulf of Tadjoura, and the Gulf of Aden, and its phylogenetic relationships within the genus, pp. 56-68 in Zootaxa 3447 on page 61, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.282163
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