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On a collection of Scleractinia from the Strait of Malacca

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Title On a collection of Scleractinia from the Strait of Malacca
 
Creator Pillai, C S G
Scheer, Georg
 
Subject Coral Reefs
 
Description During the Second 'Xarifa' Expedition under the leadership of Dr. Hans Hass one of the authors (Scheer) made a
representative collection of corals from Pulau Perak, Sembilan Islands and Pulau Jarak (between 4 and 6 deg. N and 98 and
102 deg. E) in the Strait of Malacca. All the specimens are preserved in Hessian State Museum, Darmstadt, West Germany
and include 38 species divided among 20 genera of 12 families. A detailed taxonomic account of the various species is given
and the known geographic distribution of many species is extended westward from the Pacific.
 
Date 1974
 
Type Conference or Workshop Item
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/6788/1/pillai74.pdf
Pillai, C S G and Scheer, Georg (1974) On a collection of Scleractinia from the Strait of Malacca. In: Proceedings of the Second International Coral Reef Symposium. Vol. 1. The Great Barrier Reef Committee, Brisbane, Australia., 22 June to 2 July 1973, Australia.