Southern Cup Coral

Caryophyllia inornata

Classification

Class: Anthozoa
Order: Scleractinia
Family: Caryophylliidae

Astrangia solitaria, the dwarf cup coral or southern cup coral, is a species of stony coral in the family Rhizangiidae. It is native to shallow water in the western Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. Description A colony of Astrangia solitaria consists of a small number of cylindrical corallites (stony cups), 4 to 6 mm (0.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

France · 817Spain · 91United Kingdom · 43Italy · 5

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Sarah Faulwetter, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY DescriptionAstrangia solitaria, Wikipedia contributors

Southern Cup Coral

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