Maze
sea fan
Echinogorgia sp.*
Family Plexauridae
updated
Dec 2019
Where
seen? This sea fan with maze-like branching is sometimes
seen on Beting Bronok. On coral rubble.
Features: 10-15cm tall. Colony
comprises regular short branches that form a neat, maze-like pattern
on one plane. Some of the side branches may fuse with nearby branches
forming a net-like arrangement. Stems cylindrical and rather fat with
rounded tips. Colours seen include orange, pink, yellow and white.
The relatively small polyps are white and emerge all around the branches.
They can retract completely leaving large bumps on the stem. |
Beting Bronok, Jul 05
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Beting Bronok, Jul 05
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Changi-Loyang, Jul 20
Photo shared by Loh Kok Sheng on facebook.
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*Species
are difficult to positively identify without close examination.
On this website, they are grouped by external
features for convenience of display.
Maze
sea fans on Singapore shores |
Other sightings on Singapore shores |
Pulau Ubin, Jul 24
Photo shared by Loh Kok Sheng on facebook. |
Pulau Ubin, Jul 24
Photo shared by Loh Kok Sheng on facebook. |
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Pulau Sekudu, Aug 24 |
Photo shared by Richard Kuah on facebook. |
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Links
References
- Fabricius,
Katharina and Philip Alderslade, 2001. Soft
Corals and Sea Fans.
Australian Institute of Marine Science and the Museum and Art
Gallery of the Northern Territoriy. 264 pp.
- Goh, N.K.C.
and Chou, L.M. 20 December 1996. An
annotated checklist of the gorgonians (Anthozoa: Octocorallia)
of Singapore, with a discussion of gorgonian diversity in the
Indo-West Pacific. Raffles
Museum Bulletin of Zoology Pp. 435-459.
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