Size: upto 80 cm.

 

Key Features: Brown, grey or green, either mottled or with walls and valleys of contrasting colours. Colonies are hemispherical to flat. Valleys are 12-15 millimetres wide, and are highly sinuous. Polyp walls have a moderately thick fleshy appearance and usually have a groove along the top.

 

Diet: Plankton, Zooxanthellae / Light

 

Habitat: This species is found on all reef habitats. This species lives in a wide range of depths and may be more resistant to increased temperatures. This species is found to 40 m.

 

Conservation status: Least Concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

 

 

 

 

 

References:

IUCN Red List. http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/133606/0

 

Symphyllia recta. In Australian Institute of Marine Science. Retrieved on June 18, 2014 from http://coral.aims.gov.au/factsheet.jsp?speciesCode=0348

 

Symphyllia recta. In Reeflex , the Marine Aquarium Encyclopedia. Retrieved on June 18, 2014 from http://www.reeflex.net/tiere/4293_Symphyllia_recta.htm

 

Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) Project, Second Interim Progress Report, GEER Foundation, June 2012

 

 

Photo Courtesy

Charlie Veron. Australian Institute of Marine  Science. Licensed under CC BY-NC 3.0 via Creative Commons

Sinuous Cup Coral (Symphyllia recta)