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Sandalolitha robusta

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Fungiidae

Phylum
  
Cnidaria

Order
  
Scleractinia

Class
  
Anthozoa

Genus
  
Sandalolitha

Rank
  
Species

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Similar
  
Podabacia, Scleractinia, Halomitra pileus, Herpolitha, Ctenactis echinata

Sex reversal in a fungiid coral sandalolitha robusta


Sandalolitha robusta is a plate or mushroom coral in the family Fungiidae. This coral is found in the Indo-Pacific region.

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Description

Sandalolitha robusta is a large, heavy colonial coral that is free living, not being attached to the substrate. The numerous individual corallites, in which the polyps are embedded, are separate from each other. They are bordered by alternating wide and narrow septa, calcareous ridges which bear serrated spines. The spines on the costae, the ridges which join the septa to other corallites, are minutely spiny. The polyps normally extend their tentacles to feed only at night.

References

Sandalolitha robusta Wikipedia