Stats

Lifespan

30-50 yrs

Size

Large

Diet

Filter Feeder

Activity

Cathemeral

Social

Colony

Biome

Coral reef

Range

Indo-Pacific

Movement

Sessile

Breeding

Egg-laying

Defense

Toxins

Status

Uncommon

About

This coral grows in thick, mushroom-shaped colonies on shallow tropical reefs. It retracts its entire body into the seafloor when threatened by predators or currents.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   juvenile

   A clearly-young animal, past the newborn phase but well short of full adult size.
2. 2.
   adult

   Fully grown.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Cnidaria

Class

Anthozoa

Order

Malacalcyonacea

Family

Sarcophytidae

Genus

Sarcophyton