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| hard corals text index | photo index |
| Phylum Cnidaria > Class Anthozoa > Subclass Zoantharia/Hexacorallia > Order Scleractinia > Family Dendrophyllidae > Turbinaria sp. |
| Thin
disk coral Turbinaria sp.* Family Dendrophylliidae updated Nov 11 Where seen? This hard coral that forms thin cup-shaped colonies is sometimes seen on our Southern shores. Features: Colonies up to 15-20cm, generally a very thin plate (0.2-0.5cm) forming a cup or inverted cone. Sometimes, the edges are slightly wavy. Corallites tiny (less than 0.2cm) low rounded bumps. Corallites generally spaced apart with a smooth surface between them. Polyps tiny (less than 0.5cm) with few short tentacles, usually only seen at night. Colours seen include yellow, brown, green and bluish, edges may be pale or in a different colour. |
 Sentosa, Jun 07 |
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Thin disk corals on Singapore shores
 Tuas, Apr 04  |
 St. John's Island, Aug 08  |
 Tuas, Aug 04  |
 Tuas, Jul 06 |
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 Kusu Island, Jul 11 |
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 Tuas, Jul 06 |
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more photos of thin disk corals on Singapore shores
northern shores
southern shores part 1 | part 2 | part 3 | part 4 | part 5 | part 6 | part 7
*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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