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

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.

Based on the traditional morphological classification method,the coral samples of scleractinian which col-lected 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.