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| soft corals text index | photo index |
| Phylum Cnidaria > Class Anthozoa > Subclass Alcyonaria/Octocorallia > Order Alcyonacea > Family Nephtheidea |
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flowery soft coral awaiting identification* Family Nephtheidae updated Dec 11 Where seen? These spherical flowery soft corals are commonly seen on Beting Bronok and sometimes seen on our other shores too. On coral rubble. Features: Out of water, the colony spherical about 6-10cm in diameter. When submerged, may appear tubular or cylindrical. The colony has a fat central 'trunk' with many short branches. Polyps only found at the tips forming umbrella shaped clusters. Polyps tiny (0.5cm or smaller) with eight white branched tentacle, often surrounded by clusters with tiny spikes. The common tissue white or transparent, with white sclerites (tiny bits of calcium) embedded in the tissues. May be pink or orange near the polyp clusters. |
 Beting Bronok, Jun 06 |
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 In clusters with spikes. Beting Bronok, Jun 06 |
 Beting Bronok, Jun 06 |
Ball flowery soft corals on Singapore shores
 Beting Bronok, May 11 |
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 Beting Bronok, Jul 08 |
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 Beting Bronok, Jul 08 |
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 Beting Bronok, Jul 08 |
 Usually a pair of these shrimps are found in a single ball flowery soft coral. |
*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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