Fimbriaphyllia yaeyamensis

photo by Veron, Charlie (J.E.N.)

Family:	Euphylliidae ()
Max. size:	4 cm COLD (male/unsexed)
Environment:	reef-associated; marine; depth range 0 - 40 m
Distribution:	Indo-West Pacific: Indonesia to Fiji and Japan to New Caledonia.
Diagnosis:	Colonies are phaceloid with corallites circular or flabellomeandroid with short valleys that are up to 40 millimeters wide. Septa are very close compacted and there is no columellae. Tentacles are short and fleshy and covered with short uniform branches each with a terminal knob. Retraction of tentacles are slow. Usually a distinctive purple-grey, sometimes greenish-grey, occasionally translucent with branches having pale tips.
Biology:	Found in shallow reef environments (Ref. 847).
IUCN Red List Status:	Near Threatened (NT); Date assessed: 01 January 2008 Ref. 123251)
Threat to humans:
Country info:	Known from Pulisan (Ref. 83552). C: Ref. 83552; M: Ref. 847.

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