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Brain, Meat, Pineapple  Corals,  Family Mussidae, Pt. 5

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By Bob Fenner

 

Genus Manicina: (see also Trachyphylliidae here on WWM; though this is a genus of the Faviidae).

Manicina areolata, Rose Cactus, to 6 inches. Either small elliptical encrusting colonies with a central canal, or hemispherical with winding valleys and a flat bottom. Brown, gray, tan, green in color. Roatan 2019.

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Genus Mussa Oken 1815. Monotypic, only found in the tropical West Atlantic.  

Mussa angulosa (Pallas 1766), Spiny Flower Coral. Large, fleshy polyps that are well-separated. When retracted, skeletal elements/septa appear spiny. To two feet in diameter tightly packed dome shapes. Occur in greens, blues, reds, browns. Below: Bahamas images of  larger, smaller colonies and a close-up by Di.F in Cozumel. 
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