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| Phylum Cnidaria > Class Anthozoa > Subclass Zoantharia/Hexacorallia > Order Scleractinia > Family Faviidae > maze favid corals |
| Jigsaw
maze favid corals awaiting identification * Family Faviidae updated Nov 11 Where seen? These corals with crooked maze-like corallites that look like jigsaw puzzles are often seen on many of our Southern shores. Features: Colonies seen 10-25cm, sometimes larger. Colonies are generally a smooth hemi-spherical shape. Some are nearly ball-shaped rather than hemi-spherical. The corallites form meandering, short, crooked valleys. The result is a regular fine pattern that resembles a jigsaw puzzle. In some, the shared walls are tall and thin, in others rather broad. Some have a groove at the top of the walls. Those seen with tentacles extended had short tentacles emerging from broad fleshy tissue. Tentacles have rounded tips. Colours seen include pale beige, brown, green, blue and purple, often contrasting coloured walls and valleys. Some species of Favid corals recorded for Singapore that have these patterns include: Oulophyllia, Platygyra and Goniastrea 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. ` |
 Kusu Island, Jun 04  |
 Tanah Merah, Jun 11 |
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Jigsaw maze favid corals on Singapore shores
 Sentosa, May 07  |
 Kusu Island, Jun 04  |
 Sentosa, Jun 06  |
 Labrador, Jun 05 |
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more photos of jigsaw maze favid corals on Singapore shores
part 1 | part 2 | part 3 | part 4 | part 5
*Species are difficult to positively identify without close examination.
On this website, they are grouped by external features for convenience of display.