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| hard corals text index | photo index |
| Phylum Cnidaria > Class Anthozoa > Subclass Zoantharia/Hexacorallia > Order Scleractinia > Family Faviidae > ring favid corals |
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o-ring favid coral awaiting identification * Family Faviidae updated Nov 11 Where seen? This boulder-shaped hard coral with small circular corallites are often seen on many of our shores. Features: Colonies seen 10-15cm, sometimes larger. The corallites have separate walls, are generally circular and close to one another. The result is a regular pattern of small O-shapes. The colony is generally a smooth boulder shape. Colours seen include brown, green and blue. Often, they are seen to flouresce a bright green, especially near sunset. Some species of Favid corals recorded for Singapore that have these patterns include: Favia and Montastrea 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 Hantu, Apr 06  |
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Small ring o-corals on Singapore shores
 Pulau Semakau, Sep 11 |
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 Terumbu Raya, Jul 11 |
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 Pulau Hantu, Feb 07 |
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 Sisters Island, Jan 07 |
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more photos of small o-ring 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
*Species are difficult to positively identify without close examination.
On this website, they are grouped by external features for convenience of display.