divepix - Smooth Flower Coral

Smooth Flower Coral

Aspect:	Appears as a bouquet of relatively spaced oval flowers in which the individual "flowers" are the corallites. These grow on a thick, sturdy stem (theca) from a domed base of hard calcium carbonate. They can be single, but usually are twinned or tripled.
Population:	Very common.
Notable feature:	Large and conspicuous costa and septae. Transulcent polyps fully emerge at night only.
Environment:	Found at depths of between 5 and 40 metres.
Behaviour:	-