Notes on Japanese Ahermatypic Corals-I -New Species and Subspecies of Culicia and Phyllangia-

Abstract

A new subspecies, Culicia japonica tenuisepes, found in shallow waters of Tsukumo Bay, Sea of Japan and two new species, Culicia subaustraliensis from shallow waters and Phyllangia echinosepes from 90 m depth off Izu Hachijo Island, the Pacific coast of Honshu are described and illustrated. These species differ from hitherto known species or subspecies not only morphologically, but also by morphometrical features such as the correlation between calice diameter and septal number or the ordering of septal width.