Isopora Cylindrica– Corals of the Solomon Islands
几天前,我降落在所罗门群岛,尽管这个目的地是礁石建造者页面上的manbext客户端一个流行话题,但实际上,这是我第一次参观这些遥远的岛屿!而且,由于我的印尼珊瑚景点超过一年,所以我要去探索一个新国家的海底世界了。
在我的第一次潜水中,我迅速发现了一个独特的珊瑚物种。看起来像是在之间的混合Isopora PaliferaandAcroporaBrueggemanni,(我刚刚发现的是切换到Isopora)。
It was time to investigate! The uniform shaped round branches were different from the club-shaped branches ofIsopora Palifera, and they were much too large and wide to beIsopora Brueggemanni。I knew this was a different coral but the best I could do underwater was document the find and review on land. After a quick scan of世界珊瑚我们能够将这种珊瑚识别为Isopora Cylindrica。
All the telltale signs of anIsoporawhere there, small cup-shaped corallites close to the branch, and the lack of any distinct axial corallite. Although, this coral could fool even the most observant coral spotters.
经过仔细检查,我开始发现我只能描述为某些殖民地的错误轴向尖端。有趣的是,并不是所有的殖民地都有这些原始轴向尖端,而是在表现出这种特征的菌落上,所有分支都具有相同的特征。
As I swam around the reef I found a clear example of the smaller, thinner, branchier,Isposora Brueggemanni在外观较厚的Isopora Cylindrica旁边生长。
当然,这不是一个搅拌的,樱桃炸弹爆炸的珊瑚,但是,我同样兴奋地检查了我的珊瑚斑点清单上的一个全新物种!
I spent a good five minutes photographing the first colony I found… what if it’s the only one I thought! But sure enough, I found several other colonies on the dive. All these corals had the same brown beige color with branches around 2-4cm wide and up to a meter long. They were between 10-13m deep on the edges of a sloping reef pinnacle.
乍一看,这些珊瑚看起来非常相似。但是,左边的珊瑚Isopora Cylindricais uncommon outside of Solomon Island and parts of Papua New Guinea.Isopora Palifera右边很普遍,在整个印度太平洋地区都发现。两种珊瑚都有厚实的稳健分支Isopora Cylindrica(左)具有更狭窄的形状分支,而Isopora Palifera(右)具有宽阔的俱乐部形叶,几乎是厚的两倍。
我们发现这个殖民地将在蒙达所罗门斯岛的爱丽丝仙境潜水地点潜水。潜水潜水蒙达。
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