| Family: |
Petrosiidae () |
| Max. size: |
78 cm H (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
sessile; marine; depth range 2 - 30 m |
| Distribution: |
Atlantic Ocean: Panama, Canary Islands and Colombia. |
| Diagnosis: |
Cylindrical tubes: 4 - 78 cm high, 2 - 13 cm wide; emerge from basal mass. Dark reddish-brown externally, tan internally. Hard and dense. Smooth to the touch, with rugose and uneven parts, Sometimes covered by zooanthids. Oscules on the inner wall of tubes; 0.06 - 0.34 cm wide (Ref. 415). |
| Biology: |
On coral outcrops, and reef environments (Ref. 415). |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
|
| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
| Country info: |
|
Source and more info: www.sealifebase.org. For personal, classroom, and other internal use only. Not for publication.
Warning: Unknown: open(e:\temp\sess_cou5h92955nu66i9sbu9rlt2c1, O_RDWR) failed: Permission denied (13) in Unknown on line 0
Warning: Unknown: Failed to write session data (files). Please verify that the current setting of session.save_path is correct (e:\temp) in Unknown on line 0