厦门白哈礁海域石珊瑚的分类鉴定

Classification and identification of the scleractinian corals in Baiha reef of Xiamen waters

摘要: 根据传统形态学分类方法，对2015年5～11月厦门白哈礁海域进行的珊瑚资源调查所采集到的8个石珊瑚样本进行了初步分类鉴定.通过对比鉴定文献和图集，结果显示：厦门白哈礁海域分布的石珊瑚有6种，分别是筒星珊瑚属的猩红筒星珊瑚（Tubastraea coccinea）、Tubastraea tagusensis和筒星珊瑚属未知种（Tubastraea sp.）以及木珊瑚属的未知种（Dendrophyllia sp.），木珊瑚科2个未知种（ Dendrophylliidae sp.1、Dendrophylliidae sp.2）.同历史文献对比显示，除了猩红筒星珊瑚外，其余5种都是厦门发现的新记录种.

Abstract: Based on the traditional morphological classification method，the coral samples of scleractinian which collected from Baiha reef from May to November 2015 were classified and identified. The result shows that there are 6 species of scleractinian corals around Baiha reef. The species are Tubastraea coccinea, Tubastraea tagusensis. and Tubastraea sp. belonging to Tubastraea, while Dendrophyllia sp., Dendrophylliidae sp.1 and Dendrophylliidae sp.2 belong to Dendrophyllia. The study shows that 5 species are new records in Xiamen except for Tubastraea coccinea compared with historical records.