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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 very tiny irregular hexagonal favid corallites is sometimes seen on our Southern shores. Features: Colonies seen 10-20cm, sometimes much larger (30-40cm). The corallites tiny (less than 1cm) have shared walls and form tiny irregular cells of different shapes and sizes, but generally with about six sides. The result is a rather irregular pattern of hexagons. The colony is generally a smooth boulder shape, but somewhat irregular and not perfectly spherical. Colours seen include beige, brown and blue. Some species of Favid corals recorded for Singapore that have these patterns include: Goniastrea, Leptastrea 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. |
 Sisters Island, Nov 05  |
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Tiny hexagonal favid corals on Singapore shores
 Sisters Island, Nov 11  |
 Sisters Island, Nov 11  |
 Raffles Lighthouse, Jul 06  |
 Tuas, Apr 05 |
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 Sentosa, Jan 06 |
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more photos of tiny hexagonal favid 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.