Favia
Favia is a genus of reef-building stony corals in the family Mussidae. Members of the genus are massive or thickly encrusting colonial corals, either dome-shaped or flat, and a few are foliaceous. There is a great diversity of form even among individuals of the same species. The corallites project slightly above the surface of the coral and each has its own wall. In most species, the corallites are plocoid and in some, monocentric. The septa and costae linked to the corallite wall are well developed and covered by fine teeth. The polyps only extend and feed during the night. Each one has a small number of tapering tentacles which often have a darker coloured tip; these are called stinger tentacles, or sweeper tentacles. They use these to sweep the water to see if any other coral is in its
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Favia
Favia is a genus of reef-building stony corals in the family Mussidae. Members of the genus are massive or thickly encrusting colonial corals, either dome-shaped or flat, and a few are foliaceous. There is a great diversity of form even among individuals of the same species. The corallites project slightly above the surface of the coral and each has its own wall. In most species, the corallites are plocoid and in some, monocentric. The septa and costae linked to the corallite wall are well developed and covered by fine teeth. The polyps only extend and feed during the night. Each one has a small number of tapering tentacles which often have a darker coloured tip; these are called stinger tentacles, or sweeper tentacles. They use these to sweep the water to see if any other coral is in its
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Favia es un género de corales ...... picos, del orden Scleractinia.
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Favia is a genus of reef-build ...... ic Ocean and the Indo-Pacific.
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Favia is een geslacht van koralen uit de familie van de Mussidae.
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FaviaFichier:Favia species 4.j ...... mille des Faviidae pour ITIS).
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Favia sp., Pulau Redang, West Malaysia
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Favia es un género de corales ...... picos, del orden Scleractinia.
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Favia is a genus of reef-build ...... if any other coral is in its
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Favia is een geslacht van koralen uit de familie van de Mussidae.
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FaviaFichier:Favia species 4.j ...... mille des Faviidae pour ITIS).
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