Favia fragum (Esper, 1793) Golfball coral |
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Family: | Faviidae () | |||
Max. size: | 5 cm COLD (male/unsexed) | |||
Environment: | reef-associated; marine; depth range 0 - 30 m | |||
Distribution: | Atlantic Ocean. | |||
Diagnosis: | Colony: small, usually less than 50 mm across, hemispherical to encrusting. Corallites: shape range from immersed to conical to tubular, may be circular with one mouth, to elongate with multiple mouths; intertidal encrusting colonies may be submeandroid; spherical colonies with unrestricted growing space often with tubular corallites; valleys seldom more than 5 mm across; walls neatly rounded, whatever the corallite shape. Septo-costae exsert and evenly spaced. Color: often tan to light orange-brown with pale green tentacles (Ref. 848). | |||
Biology: | Zooxanthellate (Ref. 116012). Common in shallow less than 15 m; reef habitats and sometimes seagrass beds (Ref. 415). Also in intertidal rock pools and shallow reef environments (Ref. 848). | |||
IUCN Red List Status: | (LC); Date assessed: 01 June 2021 Ref. 123251) | |||
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