[Originally posted to the Moorea Coral Reef LTER (MCR LTER) Marine Life Encyclopedia]
Tongue Coral or Boomerang Coral
(Herpolitha
sp.)
Photo by Gerick Bergsma
Herpolitha is a coral which consists of a single large polyp, and can grow several feet in length.
Throughout the tropical Indo-Pacific: from Africa and the Red Sea to Polynesia | |
Reef slopes and lagoons | |
Corals get energy through sunlight via photosynthetic symbionts (zooxanthellae) and plankton captured using stinging cells. | |
The groove extending down the center of the coral (called an axial furrow), indicates the location of the polyp's mouth. | |
- What are Corals? - Moorea Biocode Database |
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