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> Merulinidae > Hydnophora exesa
Updated 9/12/2021
Family Merulinidae
INDO-PACIFIC
Hydnophora exesa
COMMON HORN CORAL
Fairly common on shallow reefs. Encrusting, hemispherical,
plate-like, or columnar with ribbed star-shaped cones 5 to 8mm in diameter
which may fuse into parallel ridges,
color variable, dark tentacles extended during the day. Red Sea
to Japan and Samoa. |
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