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Coscinaraea monile
(Forskål, 1775)
Characters: Colonies are usually encrusting or dome-shaped. Calices are monocentric, up to 7 millimetres diameter, or form short valleys. Septa are even and finely serrated, giving colonies a smooth surface.
Colour: Usually uniformly grey, sometimes tan, brown, or mottled colours.
Habitat: Most reef environments.
Abundance: Common in the western Indian Ocean, uncommon in the central Indo-Pacific.
Synonyms:
Coscinaraea bottae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
Coscinaraea donnani Gardiner, 1905
Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Coscinaraeidae (Family) > Coscinaraea (Genus) > Coscinaraea monile (Species)
Coscinaraea monile
(Forskål, 1775)
Characters: Colonies are usually encrusting or dome-shaped. Calices are monocentric, up to 7 millimetres diameter, or form short valleys. Septa are even and finely serrated, giving colonies a smooth surface.
Colour: Usually uniformly grey, sometimes tan, brown, or mottled colours.
Habitat: Most reef environments.
Abundance: Common in the western Indian Ocean, uncommon in the central Indo-Pacific.
Synonyms:
Coscinaraea bottae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
Coscinaraea donnani Gardiner, 1905
Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Coscinaraeidae (Family) > Coscinaraea (Genus) > Coscinaraea monile (Species)