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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 Oct 08 Where seen? This bright pink flowery soft coral is sometimes seen on our Northern shores. Attached to coral rubble, boulders or other hard surfaces. Features: Colony bushy about 10-15cm. Colony is branched with sturdy 'stems' emerging from a stout central 'trunk'. The 'stem' white or transparent, with red or pink sclerites embedded in the tissues. Polyps tiny (about 0.5cm) with eight white branched tentacles. The polyps appear in clusters at the tips of the branches, no spikes next to the polyps. Tends to be pinkish at the polyp clusters. |
 Tuas, Apr 05 |
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Pink flowery soft corals on Singapore shores
 Tiny porcelain crab. Beting Bronok, Jun 06 |
 Beting Bronok, Jul 08 |
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more photos of pink flowery soft corals on Singapore shores
part 1 | part 2 | part 3
*Species
are difficult to positively identify without close examination.
On this website, they are grouped by external features for convenience of display.
On this website, they are grouped by external features for convenience of display.
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