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> Faviidae > Mycetophyllia ferox
Updated 9/5/2021
Family Faviidae
TROPICAL WESTERN ATLANTIC
Mycetophyllia ferox
Looe Key, FL, 10 feet
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cropped |
French Reef, Key Largo, 45 feet |
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ROUGH CACTUS CORAL
Uncommon on shallow reefs. Thin plates with
narrow sinuous valleys containing a single row of polyps, coarse ridges.
Gray, brown, or green with valleys of different color.
Mycetophyllia danaana has longer, wider valleys. Florida to Venezuela. |
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