species: Tubastraea coccinea in Lizard Island area: all known taxa (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Tubastraea coccinea


©Lyle Vail: Tubastraea coccinea at Cobia Hole, Lizard Island. Identified by Dr Zoe Richards.

©Anne Hoggett: Many Tubastraea coccinea colonies in a cavern at Cobia Hole, Lizard Island.

©Anne Hoggett: Tubastraea coccinea in a cave at base of exposed conspicuous rock on the reef flat at Jewell Reef near Lizard Island.

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Cnidaria
Class Hexacorallia
Order Scleractinia
Family Dendrophylliidae
Genus Tubastraea
Species Tubastraea coccinea

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Lizard Island Field Guide
Lizard Island area: all known taxa

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Distinguishing features still need to be specified.

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  • Size data has not been obtained.

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©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

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References

  • Dinesen, Z.D. (1982). Regional variation in shade-dwelling coral assemblages of the Great Barrier Reef Province, Marine Ecology Progress Series, 7: 117-123. LIRS catalog number 70.
  • Dinesen, Z.D. (1983). Shade-dwelling corals of the Great Barrier Reef, Marine Ecology Progress Series, 10: 173-185. LIRS catalog number 157.