Distribution
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Australia, 399-431 m; Indonesia (Cairns & Zibrowius, 1997), 251-567 m; Malaysia (???); from South Africa to western Sumatra (???), 183-595 m.
Diagnostic Description
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Corallum up to 50 mm in GCD, usually free and curved. C1-3 slightly ridged or absent. Upper theca and septal faces light beige, but lower theca white or discoloured. Septa usually hexamerally arranged in 5 cycles (S1-3>S4>S5). S5 more exsert than S4, fusing with their adjacent S1-3 forming highly exsert lancets. Twenty-four P4, which are usually narrower than S4 they border, form a crown encircling a fascicular columella composed of broad, twisted elements.
Biology
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azooxanthellate
van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO).
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Depth range
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183-596 m
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