eastern cape scuba diving
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| Scientific name: |
Schizoretepora tesselata |
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| Common name: |
Smooth lacy false coral |
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| Taxonomy |
| Phyulm |
Sub Phylum |
Class |
Sub Class |
Order |
Sub Order |
Family |
Sub Family |
Genus |
Species |
| Bryozoa |
Not defined |
Gymnolaemata |
Not defined |
Cheilostomata |
Ascophora |
Reteporidae |
Not defined |
Schizoretepora |
Schizoretepora tesselata |
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Short Description:
The colony consist of upright plates that are loosely connected and punctured by irregular spaced holes, giving it a lacy appearance.Zooecia oval,with four long spines around the orifice,although these spines are usuallyevident only in young zoocia.Dotted around on the surface of the colony are isolated avicularia ,which have triangular " beaks' and resemble tiny barnacles
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Identification
features: |
Brighter orange than the Reteporella lata (Scollaped lacy false coral) and with smooth edges |
| Size: |
Colony 40-120mm in diameter |
| Behaviour: |
Forms delicate brittle colonies |
| Diet: |
Filterfeeder |
| Distribution: |
Luderitz to Port Elizabeth |
| Depth: |
1-100m |
| Habitat: |
Rocky reefs |
| Reference: |
- Two Oceans
(A guide to the marine life of Southern Africa)
GM Branch;CL Griffiths;ML Branch;LE Beckley
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eastern cape scuba diving
