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Animal realm > Invertebrates > Cnidaria > Anthozoans > Octocorals > Sea fans, gorgonians > Hicksonella princeps

Hicksonella princeps

Scientific name : Hicksonella princeps


Thick bushes, with irregular branches. Thick coenenchime, retractile polyps. The sclerites make little verrucae that can be seen from outside. Grey colour, it is a species with zooxanthellae. 60 cm. Can be confused with Rumphella, smoother at the surface. Another species in the same genus, H. expansa, has leaf like expansions of the coenenchime.

Associated organisms
With the zooxanthellae


Habitat: Lagoon, Reef, Reef front

Distribution: Western Pacific

Sheet author: MASSIMO BOYER
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