Description
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Fimbriaphyllia ancora, commonly known as anchor coral or hammer coral, is a reef-building coral characterized by its dome or cushion-shaped colonies and distinctive anchor-shaped (or hammer-shaped) tips on its tentacles. It exhibits a wide range of colors, including green, purple, and orange, making it popular in the aquarium trade. This species is known for its flabello-meandroid skeleton and is found in Indo-Pacific tropical and subtropical waters.
Here's a more detailed description:
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Colony Shape:
Fimbriaphyllia ancora forms dome or cushion-shaped colonies, which can be quite large, sometimes several meters across.
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Skeleton:
The skeleton is flabello-meandroid, meaning it has a branching pattern with valleys between the ridges.
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Polyps:
The polyps have large, tubular tentacles with distinct anchor-like tips. These tips can also resemble hammers or the letter T.
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Coloration:
The coral displays a variety of colors, including blue-gray, orange, and green, often with pale cream or green outer borders on the tentacles.
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Habitat:
It is found in Indo-Pacific tropical and subtropical waters, forming large colonies in reef environments.
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Common Names:
It is known as anchor coral or hammer coral due to the shape of its tentacles.
