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Created 7/6/2022
Family
Alcyoniidae
ELEPHANT-EAR or TOADSTOOL LEATHER CORAL
Common on shallow reefs exposed to current and surge
or along dropoffs in clear water. May become invasive and displace
hard corals. Difficult to determine actual species without
dissection. Preyed upon by cowries of the Family
Ovulidae.
Red Sea to French Polynesia. |
INDO-PACIFIC
Sarcophyton tenuispiculatum
Sarcophyton trocheliophorum
Sarcophyton spp.
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