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Genus Scolymia Haime 1852. Singular, circular polyps. Indistinct walls beneath their septa-costae. These are difficult species to discern one from the other. The three occurring in the tropical West Atlantic may be told apart by the shape of their septal "teeth". Raja Ampat 08.

Genus Galaxea, Oken 1815. Galaxy, Crystal, Starry, Brittle Coral. A gorgeous species group, whose skeletons are unfortunately easily broken due to their flamboyant architecture. Dick Perrin, Tropicorium has had tremendous success at culturing forms of this genus/species whose colonies are more columnar. These captive propagated (frags) individuals are far more consistently easy to care for. Raja Ampat 08.
 
Galaxea fascicularis Linnaeus 1767). Captive colonies are ball-shaped, in the wild more like low-lying cushions that may extend meters over the bottom. Corallites well-separated with blade-like septa that may rise more than a cm. above the corallite wall. Occur in grays, greens and browns. Transparent tentacles out during the day, generally with contrasting colored tips. Wakatobi 07.
 
Echinopora lamellosa (Esper 1795). Thin, wavy laminar sheets. Small corallites (3-4mm.). Indo-Central Pacific including the Red Sea. Raja Ampat 08.
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