Cup Coral
Cup coral may refer to several different taxa of coral including: * '' Balanophyllia bonaespei'', a species in the family Dendrophylliidae * '' Turbinaria'', a genus in the family Dendrophylliidae {{Short pages monitor ...
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Balanophyllia Bonaespei
''Balanophyllia bonaespei'' is a species of solitary cup coral, a stony coral in the family Dendrophylliidae.Branch, G.M., Branch, M.L, Griffiths, C.L. and Beckley, L.E. 2010. ''Two Oceans: a guide to the marine life of southern Africa'' It is an azooxanthellate species that does not contain symbiotic dinoflagellates in its tissues as most corals do. Description Cup corals are solitary hard corals which superficially resemble orange sea anemones. They grow to 1–2 cm in diameter. They have almost transparent beaded tentacles.Jones, Georgina. ''A field guide to the marine animals of the Cape Peninsula.'' SURG, Cape Town, 2008. Distribution This species is known from Saldanha Bay to East London East or Orient is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from west and is the direction from which the Sun rises on the Earth. Etymology As in other languages, the word is formed from the f ... off the South African coast, a ...
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