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| Phylum Cnidaria > Class Anthozoa > Subclass Alcyonaria/Octocorallia > Order Gorgonacea |
| Skinny
sea fans awaiting identification* updated Aug 10 Where seen? This sea fan with long, skinny branches are sometimes seen in numbers on our Northern shores, including Changi and even the East Coast. On coral rubble, rocks, stones and in sand. Features: 10-20cm long. Generally with long branches without much side branching. In some colonies, the long branches are neatly and evenly spaced along the central stem on one plane so the whole colony looks like the veins of a leaf. But in some large colonies, the long branches are tangled. Stems long, skinny and somewhat flattened. The white polyps are relatively large (0.5cm) compared to the stem and emerge on opposite edges of the flattened stems. Colours seen include red, maroon, orange and yellow. Those seen on our shores often have all kinds of small animals clinging onto to them including tiny colourful brittle stars, transparent shrimps and ovulid snails. |
 Pulau Sekudu, Apr 03 |
Skinny sea fans on Singapore Shores
 Chek Jawa, Jul 05 |
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 A tiny transparent srhimp |
 Changi, May 06 |
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more photos of
skinny sea fans on Singapore shores
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animals on skinny sea fans
*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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