Torch Coral
Euphyllia glabrescens
Euphyllia glabrescens is a species of large-polyped stony coral belonging to the Caryophylliidae family. Its common name is the torch coral due to its long sweeper tentacles tipped with potent cnidocytes. It is a commonly kept species in the marine aquarium hobby, particularly specimens from Indonesia and Fiji, who fulfilled annual export quotas of 28,000 and 6,000 pieces, respectively, in 2005.
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Description
Euphyllia glabrescens is a colonial coral with a phaceloid formation of corallites 20–30 millimeters (0.79–1.18 inches) in diameter and spaced 15–30 millimeters (0.59–1.18 inches) apart. Walls are thin, with sharp edges. Polyps have large tubular tentacles with knob-like tips. It can be a number of colors, and is often bicolored with contrasting tentacles and polyp tips.
Range & habitat
This is a widely distributed species, rare to the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, while uncommon through the northern Indian Ocean, the Persian Gulf, the central Indo-Pacific, Australia, Southeast Asia, southern Japan and the East China Sea, Micronesia, and American Samoa. Euphyllia glabrescens can be founds in depths of 1 to 35 meters (3.3 to 114.8 ft) in a wide range of reef environments
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Distribution and habitat”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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