based on the morphology and corallites structures, seventeen species of scleractinian corals in seven families were described from the chabahar bay, fourteen species of which are being reported for the first time from this bay. the identified species include acropora valida dana, 1846, acropora clathrata brook, 1891 and acropora nausta dana, 1846 belonging to acroporidae, favia matthai vaugh...