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| Phylum Cnidaria > Class Anthozoa > Subclass Zoantharia/Hexacorallia > Order Scleractinia > Family Faviidae > maze favid corals |
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maze favid corals awaiting identification * Family Faviidae updated Nov 11 Where seen? Other kinds of corals with maze-like corallites are sometimes seen on many of our Southern shores. Features: Colonies seen 15-30cm. The corallites have shared meandering walls sometimes with long valleys, in others, short irregular polygons. The overall pattern is coarse and not as fine as in some other maze favid corals. The walls are tall and rather thick. Colours seen include brown, green and blue. Some species of Favid corals recorded for Singapore that have these patterns include: Platygyra, Goniastrea and Oulophyllia species. It's hard to distinguish them without close examination of small features and they are grouped by large external features for convenience of display. |
 Kusu Island, Jun 05 |
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Other maze favid corals on Singapore shores
 Pulau Hantu, Jan 12 |
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 Pulau Jong, Aug 06 |
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 Pulau Hantu, Aug 03 |
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more photos of encrusting maze 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
On this website, they are grouped by external features for convenience of display.