Simplastrea
| Simplastrea | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Anthozoa |
| Order: | Scleractinia |
| Family: | Euphylliidae |
| Genus: |
Simplastrea Umbgrove, 1939 |
| Species: | S. vesicularis |
| Binomial name | |
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Simplastrea vesicularis (Umbgrove, 1939) |
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Simplastrea vesicularis is a large polyp stony corals from the Indian Ocean. It is the only member of the monotypic genus Simplastrea.
Colonies of Simplastrea vesicularis are flat and encrusting with circular corallites that are spaced evenly by beaded coenosteum. It has thin walls, well-developed septae that are thin and straight with inner margins forming a columella tangle. The entire surface of Simplastrea vesicularis is covered in small tentacles displaying slight extension.
It can be found throughout the Indian Ocean and Indo-Pacific in the shallow waters of Papua New Guinea and Indonesia where it encrusts rock surfaces of coral reefs.
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