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Favia camranensis sp. n. (Scleractinia: Faviidae), a new coral species from Southern Vietnam

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A new species of coral, Favia camranensis sp. n., from the Hon Nai reef, Cam Ranh Bay, in southern Vietnam is described. This coral differs from all known faviids in that its corallites project one above another by more than 2 mm. The septa and septa-costae are heavily ornamented with complexly serrated trabecular spines. This coral can form monospecific aggregations of 5–20 colonies.

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  1. Zhirmunsky Institute of Marine Biology, Far East Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok, 690059, Russia

    Yu. Ya. Latypov

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Original Russian Text © Yu.Ya. Latypov, 2013, published in Biologiya Morya

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Latypov, Y.Y. Favia camranensis sp. n. (Scleractinia: Faviidae), a new coral species from Southern Vietnam. Russ J Mar Biol 39, 223–224 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063074013030085

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