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| Phylum Cnidaria > Class Anthozoa > Subclass Zoantharia/Hexacorallia > Order Scleractinia > Family Faviidae > hexagonal favid corals |
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hexagonal favid coral awaiting identification * Family Faviidae updated Aug 10 Where seen? This hard coral with relatively neat hexagonal favid corallites is among the few hard corals more regularly seen on our northern shores. They are also seen on our southern shores. Features: Colonies seen 5-10cm. The corallites have shared walls and form neat hexagonal cells. The walls are short and thin and the corallite is a shallow cone with regular 'grooves' radiating from the centre of the cone. The result is regular pattern of hexagons. The polyp has short tentacles. The colony is generally a smooth boulder shape, but somewhat irregular and not perfectly spherical. Colours seen include dark green, blue, maroon and brown. There are probably several different species, if not genera on this page. It's hard to distinguish them without close examination of small features and they are grouped by large external feature for convenience of display. |
 Beting Bronok, Aug 05  |
 Sentosa, Jul 05 |
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Neat hexagonal favid corals on Singapore shores
 Beting Bronok, Aug 05 |
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 Labrador, Nov 05 |
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 Sentosa, Jan 05 |
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more photos of neat hexagonal favid corals on Singapore 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.