Scleractinian Corals of Vietnam

Yuri Ya. Latypov  © by the authors

ISBN: 978-1-940366-07-4
Published Date: May, 2014
Pages: 481
Paperback: $129
Publisher: Science Publishing Group
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Book Description

This monograph is the English translation of 5 books which originally appeared in Russian, and was published by Nauka in Moscow (Latypov, 1990, 1992, 1995, Latypov, Dautova, 1996, 1998). It also is advanced and added with data on all Vietnamese reefs and corals distributed on them, components according to all available information from 350 species. The publication mentioned above were translated into English by Elena Kogan and Yuri Latypov at 2006. The translation was supported by a grant from the International Society for Reef Studies.

Laboratory and underwater photos of corals were made by the author. The collection described kept in the A.V. Zhirmunsky Institute of Marine Biology of the Far-Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences under NoNo. 9501, 1/9502-1/95297.

Author Introduction

Yuri Ya. Latypov, A.V. Zhirmunsky Institute of Marine Biology FEB RAS.

Table of Contents
  • The Whole Book

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  • Front Matter

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  • Part 1 Reef-Building Corals of Vietnam as a Part of the Indo-Pacific Reef Ecosystem

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  • Part 2 The Problem of Corals Species

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    1. 2.1 The Reef Builders - Hard Corals
  • Part 3 Description of Corals Order Scleractinia

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    1. 3.1 Family Thamnasteriidae Vaughan and Wells, 1943
    2. 3.2 Family Astrocoeniidae Koby, 1890
    3. 3.3 Family Pocilloporidae Gray, 1842
    4. 3.4 Acroporidae
    5. 3.4.1 Taxonomic History
    6. 3.4.2 Terminology and Morphology
    7. 3.4.3 Family Acroporidae Verril, 1903
    8. 3.5 Faviidae and Fungiidae
    9. 3.5.1 Taxonomic History
    10. 3.5.2 Morphology, Terminology and Taxonomic Peculiarities
    11. 3.5.3 Family Faviidae Gregory, 1900
    12. 3.5.4 Family Trachyphyllidae Verrill, 1901
    13. 3.5.5 Family Fungiidae Dana, 1846
    14. 3.6 Poritidae (by Yu. Latypov, T. Dautova)
    15. 3.6.1 Taxonomic History
    16. 3.6.2 Terminology, Morphological and Taxonomic Features
    17. 3.6.3 Family Poritidae Gray, 1842
    18. 3.7 Dendrophylliidae
    19. 3.7.1 Taxonomic History
    20. 3.7.2 Terminology, Morphological and Taxonomic Featureds
    21. 3.7.3 Family Dendrophylliidae Gray, 1847
    22. 3.7.4 Family Caryophylliidae Mather, 1994
    23. 3.8 Family Agariciidae Gray, 1847
    24. 3.9 Family Siderastreidae Vaughan and Wells, 1943
    25. 3.10 Family Oculinidae Gray, 1847
    26. 3.11 Family Pectiniidae Vaughan and Wells, 1943
    27. 3.12 Family Merulinidae Verrill, 1866
    28. 3.13 Family Mussidae Ortmann, 1890
    29. 3.14 Family Euphyllidae Mather, 1994
  • Back Matter

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