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Golfball Coral

Favia fragum

Classification

Family
Faviidae

Favia fragrum is a species of colonial stony coral in the family Mussidae. It is commonly known as the golfball coral and is found in tropical waters on either side of the Atlantic Ocean. Description The golfball coral is small and usually hemispherical in shape with a number of large corallites packed closely together, but It can occur in groups or may occasionally grow as an encrusting coral.

Distribution

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United States of America · 76United Kingdom · 42Netherlands · 37Mexico · 22France · 20Cuba · 3Brazil · 2