| Caryophylliidae (cup corals) |
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reef-associated; marine |
| Eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean. |
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The stony coral are not colonial. Vertical size skeleton reaches 0.25 mm, its section is round; at base not narrowed in normal conditions. End of the tentacles forming a small spherical bludgeon brown; white or pink polyps (Ref. 358). |
| Vertical skeleton size: 0.25 cm (Ref. 358). Habitat: Interior of underwater caves and anfractuosities, lower level of rock overhangs, bottom and walls of rock nature little exposed to the light species present of the small funds until greater depth (Ref. 358). Known from infra- and circalittoral zones (Ref. 85338). |
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Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
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