Rhizangiidae () |
16 cm COLD (male/unsexed) |
reef-associated; marine; depth range 0 - 20 m |
Indo-West Pacific. |
Colonies are encrusting to slightly dome-shaped and up to 160 millimeters across. Corallites are cerioid, polygonal and about 3-6 millimeters in diameter. Pale grey in color with distinctive white corallite walls but may also be uniform brown in the western Indian Ocean. |
Maximum depth from Ref. 115143. |
Near Threatened (NT); Date assessed: 01 January 2008 Ref. 123251)
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