Name

Fungia

mushroom coral

Framing

Phylum: Cnidaria

Class: Anthozoa

Subclass: Hexacorallia

Order: Scleractinia

Genus: Fungia

Habitat

Marine, benthic

Feeding

Colonial, sessile, filter feeders

Distribution

Indo-Pacific Ocean

Conservation status

A single species. Considered by the IUCN as "near threatened".

Additional information

Solitary polyps, flattened, of different shades and with very small tentacles. White skeleton with numerous radial septa.