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| soft corals text index | photo index |
| Phylum Cnidaria > Class Anthozoa > Subclass Alcyonaria/Octocorallia > Order Alcyonacea |
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feathery soft coral awaiting identification* Family Xeniidae updated Dec 11 Where seen? This colony of tiny animals is sometimes seen on some of our shores, but is often overlooked. The colony grows on stones and hard surfaces. Features: . . in . Side branches Colony about 10-15cm. Only one kind of polyp (autozooids).Polyps about 1-1.5cm in diameter, on stalks about 1-2cm long. The eight skinny tentacles have long thin side branches (pinnules) arranged in 1 to 4 rows along both edges of each tentacle. pale brown, oral disk and main tentacles pale, the entire animal the same colour. The tiny polyps don't retract completely into the common tissue, and don't pulsate. |
 Sentosa, Mar 05 |
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 Oral disk and main tentacle pale, side branches brown. |
Brown feathery soft corals on Singapore shores
 Beting Bemban Besar, May 11 |
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 Pulau Hantu, Jan 06  |
 Pulau Hantu, Mar 06  |
 Kusu Island, May 04  |
*ID needs confirmation. Species are difficult to positively identify without close examination.
On this website, they are grouped by external features for convenience of display.
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References
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Australian Institute of Marine Science and the Museum and Art
Gallery of the Northern Territoriy. 264 pp.|
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