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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 'toothed' hexagonal favid corallites is sometimes seen on some of our shores. Features: Colonies seen 10-15cm. The corallites have shared walls and form small irregular hexagons. The walls are thick with rather large 'teeth' compared to the corallite size. The result is a rather irregular pattern of bumpy hexagons. The colony is generally a smooth boulder shape. Colours seen usually pale blue, but also brown. Some species of Favid corals recorded for Singapore that have these patterns include: Favites 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. |
 Pulau Semakau, Mar 07  |
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Toothed hexagonal favid corals on Singapore shores
 Sisters Island, Nov 11 |
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 Sentosa, Jul 05 |
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 St. John's Island, Aug 05 |
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 St. John's Island, Jul 04 |
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photos of toothed hexagonal favid corals on Singapore shores
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On this website, they are grouped by external features for convenience of display.