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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 Oct 08 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 10-20cm, sometimes larger. Colonies are generally a smooth hemi-spherical shape. Some are nearly ball-shaped rather than hemi-spherical. The corallites form meandering walls creating short, crooked valleys. The result is a regular fine pattern that resembles a jigsaw puzzle. In some, the walls are tall and thin, in others rather broad with regular 'teeth' that result in a pattern of bars across the top of the walls. Those seen with tentacles extended had short tentacles with rounded tips. Colours seen include pale beige, brown, green, blue and purple. There are probably several different genera and species on this page. It's hard to distinguish them without close examination of small features and they are grouped by large external features for convenience of display. |
 Pulau Hantu, Apr 06  |
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Jigsaw maze favid corals on Singapore shores
 Beting Bronok, Jun 06 |
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 St. John's Island, May 07 |
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 Sentosa, Jun 06 |
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 Kusu Island, Jun 04 |
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 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 | part 6 | part 7 | part 8
*Species are difficult to positively identify without close examination.
On this website, they are grouped by external features for convenience of display.