Two New Species of Reef-building Corals from Yoron-zima and Amami-Ô-sima

Phosphomonoesterases in Reef-Building Corals.

TWO NEW SPECIES OF ALCEA FROM IRAN

Two new species of Alcea L. (Malvaceae)in Iran, namely, A. iranshahrii from Fars Province and A. mazandaranica from Mazandaran Province are described. Their descriptions and taxonomic relationships are also given. In addition, seed coat microsculpturing is examined using Environmental Scanning Electron Microscope (ESEM). The seed coat patterns observed are fairly uniformed among the genus. It w...

NEW SUBFAMLY, GENUS AND SPECIES OF LOWER CARBONIFEROUS RUGOSE CORALS FROM CENTRAL ALBORZ (N. IRAN)

Carboniferous strata in the Alborz mountains consist of calcareous rich fossils the main part of which is composed of rugose corals. There have been few studies carried out on corals so far. In this paper, a new subfamily, genus and eight new species of rugose corals from Mobarak limestones in the central Alborz mountains are introduced

Species Richness and Relative Abundance of Reef-Building Corals in the Indo-West Pacific

Scleractinian corals, the main framework builders of coral reefs, are in serious global decline, although there remains significant uncertainty as to the consequences for individual species and particular regions. We assessed coral species richness and ranked relative abundance across 3075 depth-stratified survey sites, each < 0.5 ha in area, using a standardized rapid assessment method, in 31 ...

Two new species and two new records of Apiaceae from Iran

Angelica urumiensis Mozaff. and Eryngium iranicum Mozaff. are described as new species from Iran. Aphanopleura trachysperma Boiss. and Pastinaca sativa L. subsp. urens (Req. ex Gordon) Čelak are reported as new records from Iran.