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| hard corals text index | photo index |
| Phylum Cnidaria > Class Anthozoa > Subclass Zoantharia/Hexacorallia > Order Scleractinia > Family Acroporidae > Montipora sp. |
| Bumpy
plate montipora coral Acropora sp.* Family Acroporidae updated Nov 11 Where seen? This hard coral that forms plates with a bumpy surface is sometimes seen on some of our Southern shores. Features: Colonies seen 15-20cm, sometimes much bigger. Flat plates sometimes encrusting and with columns or knobs in the centre. The outer edge of the plate is smooth, lacking polyps, usually paler or in a different colour. Bumps between the corallites, the same size as or much larger than the polyps. Colours usually brown, sometimes with greenish or bluish polyps. Polyps tiny (0.2cm or smaller) with short tentacles and short body column. There are probably several different species on this page. It's hard to distinguish them without close examination of small features and they are grouped by large external features for convenience of display. |
 Sisters Island, Dec 03  |
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Bumpy plate montipora corals on Singapore shores
 Labrador, Jun 05 |
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 Raffles Lighthouse, Jul 06 |
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 Terumbu Bemban, Jul 11 |
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 Raffles Lighthouse, May 04 |
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more photos of bumpy plate montipora corals on Singapore shores
northern shores
southern shores part 1 | part 2 | part 3 | part 4 | part 5 | part 6
*Species are difficult to positively identify without close examination.
On this website, they are grouped by external features for convenience of display.
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