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hammer-tooth coral

Fimbriaphyllia ancora

Classification

Euphyllia ancora (reclassified in 2017 as Fimbriaphyllia ancora)is a species of hard coral in the family Euphylliidae. It is known by several common names, including anchor coral and hammer coral, or less frequently as sausage coral, ridge coral, or bubble honeycomb coral. Description This type of madreporal colony is easy to identify because of its puffy tubular tentacles with T-shaped tips.

Distribution

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