species: Rhytisma sp. in Lizard Island area: all known taxa (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Rhytisma sp.


©Stefano Borghi: Rhytisma sp. at Mermaid Cove, Lizard Island.

©Stefano Borghi: Rhytisma sp. at Mermaid Cove, Lizard Island.

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Cnidaria
Class Anthozoa
Order Malacalcyonacea
Family Lemnaliidae
Genus Rhytisma
Species Rhytisma sp.

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Lizard Island area: all known taxa
Lizard Island Field Guide

Distinguishing features

Colonies are thin, encrusting mats or ribbons with large spindle-shaped sclerites that often surround individual polyps. Polyps are retractile.

Size

  • Size data has not been obtained.

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Distribution

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References

References that assist with identification

  • Fabricius, K. and P. Alderslade (2001). Soft corals and sea fans: A comprehensive guide to the tropical shallow water genera of the central-west Pacific, the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea Australian Institute of Marine Science and Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Australia.