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Cycloseris cyclolites
(Lamarck, 1801)
Characters: Polyps are circular or slightly oval domes up to 40 millimetres wide with a concave undersurface. Septa are straight and symmetrical. Primary septa are thick and exsert around the mouth.
Colour: Pale cream or greenish, often with white margins to major septa. Sometimes brightly coloured in shallow water.
Habitat: Soft inter-reef and sometimes reef substrates.
Abundance: Common.
Synonyms:
Diaseris mortoni Tenison-Woods, 1880
Fungia (Cycloseris) cyclolites Lamarck, 1815
Fungia adrianae Van Der Horst, 1921
Fungia borneensis Gerth, 1925 †
Fungia cyclolites Lamarck, 1815
Fungia glans Dana, 1846
Fungia japonica Vaughan, 1906 †
Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Fungiidae (Family) > Cycloseris (Genus) > Cycloseris cyclolites (Species)