Leptopsammia pruvoti (yellow stony coral)
Leptopsammia pruvoti (yellow stony coral)
Strain: | Cnidaria |
Class: | Anthozoa |
Habitat: | Hard soil |
Occurrence: | Mediterranean Sea, Atlantic Ocean and English Channel, 10-40 m depth |
Size: | Diameter of the polyp up to 3 cm, calcareous skeleton about 6 cm high |
Appearance: | Golden yellow polyp with about 96 tentacles |
Behaviour: | Almost always solitary, but also occasionally in pseudocolonies, mostly on stony substrates on overhangs or in caves |