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| hard corals text index | photo index |
| Phylum Cnidaria > Class Anthozoa > Subclass Zoantharia/Hexacorallia > Order Scleractinia > Family Pectiniidae |
| Carnation
corals Pectinia sp.* Family Pectiniidae updated Nov 11 Where seen? These delicate hard corals with fluted skeletons are sometimes seen on our Southern shores. Features: Colonies 10-20cm, forming frilly carnation-like shapes, rounded or rather flatter. The colony has thin, tall, fragile walls that form a maze-like pattern with deep valleys. The surface has delicate fluted patterns but these are usually hidden under a smooth layer of thick tissue. At night, the polyps may extend long, thin tentacles surrounding the corallite centres, which may occur anywhere. Colours seen include brown, yellow, orange, green, blue, purple, often with a sheen of contrasting colours. Status and threats: Some Carnation corals recorded for Singapore are listed as globally threatened by the IUCN. Like other creatures of the intertidal zone, they are affected by human activities such as reclamation and pollution. Trampling by careless visitors, and over-collection also have an impact on local populations. |
 Raffles Lighthouse, Jul 06  |
Lettuce corals on Singapore shores
 Sisters Island, Oct 11 |
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 Pulau Hantu, Aug 04  |
 Pulau Hantu, Aug 04  |
 Labrador, Jul 05  |
 Sister Island, Jan 12 
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 Raffles Lighthouse, Jul 06  |
more photos of carnation 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.
| Pectinia
species recorded for Singapore from Danwei Huang, Karenne P. P. Tun, L. M Chou and Peter A. Todd. 30 Dec 2009. An inventory of zooxanthellate sclerectinian corals in Singapore including 33 new records **the species found on many shores in Danwei's paper. in red are those listed as threatened on the IUCN global list.
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References
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Australian Institute of Marine Science, Australia. 3 volumes.
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