| Family: |
Microcionidae () |
| Max. size: |
15 cm H (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
sessile; brackish; marine; depth range 1 - 35 m |
| Distribution: |
Western Central Atlantic. |
| Diagnosis: |
Thinly encrusting: 0.2 - 0.4 cm thickness to lobate, ramose, palmate or flabellate, with thin branches reaching 10 - 15 cm in height. Very characteristically colored externally orange to red with yellowish tinges. Very smooth, somewhat slippery surface. Soft and compressible in consistency (Ref. 415). |
| Biology: |
Species grows on mangrove prop roots and seagrass beds (Ref. 86836). They are found in coral reefs and rocky bottoms (Ref. 83919). |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
| Country info: |
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