| Family: |
Plerogyridae () |
| Max. size: |
20 cm COLD (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
reef-associated; marine; depth range 0 - 30 m |
| Distribution: |
Indo-West Pacific: Philippines to Java and Indonesia to Papua New Guinea. |
| Diagnosis: |
Colonies may be several meters across and composed of interconnecting meandering thins-walled flabello-meandroid valleys. Living parts of the colony are usually separated by dead basal parts. Valley, walls and septa are both thin and fragile. Polyps have fleshy mantles, which form a continuous cover of compact discs. Usually grey in color with pale margins to mantles. |
| Biology: |
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| IUCN Red List Status: |
Vulnerable (VU); Date assessed: 01 January 2008 (A4cd) Ref. 123251)
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