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Sinuous Cup Coral

Symphyllia agaricia

Description:

The colony is spherical and looks like brain coral on steroids! It has thick meandering ridges that are raised about 3 or 4cm.

Habitat:

Widespread in the Indo-West Pacific. This species of stony coral is found on most reef environments, at depths of up to 40 m.

Notes:

Spotted this coral at a depth of about 25 feet. This species is targeted by the aquarium trade and is threatened as well by habitat loss.

1 Comment

Blogie
Blogie 12 years ago

Thanks for the ID, moralcoral!

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Davao Del Norte, Philippines

Spotted on Feb 1, 2012
Submitted on Feb 1, 2012

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