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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 Nov 11 Where seen? This hard coral with small hexagonal favid corallites is commonly seen on many of our shores. Features: Colonies seen 10-20cm, sometimes larger. The corallites (1cm) have shared walls, angular generally form hexagonal cells. The walls are generally thick and short. The colony is generally a smooth boulder shape, but somewhat irregular and not perfectly spherical. Colours seen include brown, green, blue and purple. Some species of Favid corals recorded for Singapore that have these patterns include: Favites, Goniastrea and Platygyra species. It's hard to distinguish them without close examination of small features and they are grouped here by large external features for convenience of display. |
 St. John's Island, May 06  |
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Small hexagonal favid corals on Singapore shores
 Lazarus, Dec 06 |
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 Sisters Island, Nov 11 |
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 Kusu Island, Jun 04 |
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 Pulau Semakau, Jan 05 |
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more photos of small hexagonal favid corals on Singapore shores
northern shores
southern shores part 1 | part 2 | part 3 | part 4 | part 5 | part 6 | part 7 | part 8 | part 9 | part 10
*Species are difficult to positively identify without close examination.
On this website, they are grouped by external features for convenience of display.