Euphyllia cristata
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| Species: | E. cristata
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| Euphyllia cristata Chevalier, 1971
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Euphyllia cristata, commonly called grape coral, is a species of hard coral in the family Euphylliidae.[1]
The grape coral is widespread throughout the tropical waters of the Indo-West Pacific area with a large presence in Indonesia. Grape coral is absent from the Red Sea.[1]
This type of hard coral builds small sized phaceloid colonies, which is a type of organisation in hard coral's formation where corallites are elongate and distinctive tube-like, between 20 and 40 millimetres (1.6 in) diameter.[2]
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External links
- http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=289214
- http://coral.aims.gov.au/factsheet.jsp?speciesCode=0146
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