[Taxacom] some help requested on coral identifications

[Steven R. Hill]

I'm a botanist, but I have side interests in many things, including 
corals.  I would appreciate it if someone could recommend a person or 
persons who might be able to identify some specimens of recent and/or 
fossil corals from images, please. In particular I am interested in finding 
out a name for some recent solitary corals from between  Bohol and Siquior 
Islands in the Philippines.  They look so much like the extinct horn corals 
that it fascinates me. [and this is just one of the questions I have.]  I 
simply do not know anyone working with coral taxonomy, and I would enjoy 
working with someone off list, if someone could please send me a 
note.  Thanks !

--Steve




Dr. Steven R. Hill
Plant Systematics
Division of Biodiversity and Ecological Entomology [DBEE]
Illinois Natural History Survey
1816 S. Oak Street
Champaign, IL 61820-6970


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