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index of hard corals on Singapore shores
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leafy, carnation- or cabbage-like |
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10-15cm, compact bush with a leafy structure. Surface with fine ridges
in a distrinctive pattern. Tiny polyps with spindly tentacles. Colours
seen include blue, lilac, brown, orangey and yellow. Sometimes seen
on some of our Southern shores. |
Colony
(10-30cm across) plates, encrusting or upright, irregular and contorted.
Surface with short thick ridges that form maze-like patterns, perpendicular
to the colony edge. Colours seen include brown, green and blue. Rarely
seen, on our Southern shores. |
Colonies
10-15cm. frilly carnation-like shapes. Walls thin, tall, fluted, forming
a maze-like pattern with deep valleys. Tentalces rarely seen. Colours
brown, yellow, orange, green, blue, purple, often with a sheen of
two contrasting colours. Seen on our Southern shores. |
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Solitary free-living coral 15-20cm. Meandering folded form with wide
valleys and tall walls. Sometimes called Banana coral because, when
submerged, the polyp inflates into smooth curved shapes. Rarely
seen, on our Southern shores. |
Colonies
20-50cm, plate-like thick (1cm) often folded so colony resembles a
cabbage. Sometimes columns from the centre. Corallites depression,
polyps large (1-1.5cm) with many fat tentacles. Colours various pastel
shades. Commonly seen on many of our shores. |
Colonies
20-50cm, plate-like thick (1cm) often folded into ruffles. Corallites
conical, polyps small (0.5cm) with many short tentacles. Colours pale
pinkish, yellow, dark brown with yellow edges, pale green with pink
edges. Seen on our Southern shores. |
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index of
cnidarians on this site
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