Torch coral

Euphyllia glabrescens

''Euphyllia glabrescens'' is a species of large-polyped stony coral belonging to the family Caryophylliidae. Its common name is the torch coral due to its long sweeper tentacles tipped with potent cnidocytes.
Sun Mushroom Coral Dauin, Oct 2012. Euphyllia glabrescens,Fall,Geotagged,Philippines

Appearance

''Euphyllia glabrescens'' is a colonial coral with a phaceloid formation of corallites 20-30 millimeters in diameter and spaced 15-30 millimeters 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.
Euphyllia glabrescens  Euphyllia glabrescens,Fall,Geotagged,Indonesia,Torch coral

Distribution

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 in a wide range of reef environments
Euphyllia glabrescens Tentative as this sp is very similar to Heliofungia actiniformis. The latter is supposed to have longer tentacles.
this one was inhabited by one of the ever beautiful Periclimenes saravasti. Euphyllia glabrescens,Fall,Geotagged,Indonesia,Torch coral

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 in a wide range of reef environments

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Status: Near threatened
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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionCnidaria
ClassAnthozoa
OrderScleractinia
FamilyEuphylliidae
GenusEuphyllia
SpeciesE. glabrescens