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> Merulinidae > Hydnophora rigida
Updated 9/12/2021
Family Merulinidae
INDO-WEST PACIFIC
Hydnophora rigida
BRANCHING HORN CORAL
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Locally common in lagoons where it may form large thickets.
Fragile angular branches with cones aligned as ridges and raised keels
fusing at branch tips, white or blue-green with reddish-brown tentacles
extended during the day.
East Africa to Okinawa and Melanesia. |
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