Lesser speckled cup coral
Colangia immersa
Pourtalès, 1871
Description:
Colonies form small encrusting groups of polyps, attached to each other by discrete stolons. Corallites cylindrical, 6-9 mm in diameter and usually less than 10 mm in height.
Septa hexamerally arranged in 4 cycles. Six tall, thin, rounded septa protrude noticeably around the rim; other septa smaller.
Columella lamellar or papillose. Endotheca absent.
Color:
Polyps occur in a variety of colors, including brown, light green, salmon, pink, lavender, orange-brown and white.
Habitat:
It is a fairly common shallow-water species, found to depths of 100 m. The deepest live-collected colony is from 350 m. It is often found in cryptic environments, like the undersides of platy corals, under ledges and in caves.
Distribution:
Occasional Florida, Bahamas and Caribbean.