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Smooth Flower Coral

Eusmilia fastigiata

Description:

This coral forms hemispherical mounds, with widely spaced polyps on long stalks, that appear to originate from a central core, shades of yellow-brown to brown and gray, often with blue to blue-green to green tinting that may be somewhat iridescent; tentacles white.

Habitat:

Inhabit most reef environments, down to 60 m, but most common between 5 and 30 meters. from Florida all the Caribbean sea to north Brazil.

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Gerardo Aizpuru
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Gerardo Aizpuru

Mexico

Spotted on Dec 9, 2012
Submitted on Dec 9, 2012

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