How deep does the Worm Coral live?

The Worm Coral (Stenocyathus vermiformis) is typically found at 30–1229 m.

Worm Coral

Stenocyathus vermiformis

Group: Coral
Typical depth: 30–1229 m

A slender worm shaped cup coral that grows alone rather than in colonies, lacking the algae that build tropical reefs. It catches its own food on slopes and bathyal walls, found from thirty metres to well past a thousand.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Cnidaria › Hexacorallia › Scleractinia › Stenocyathidae › Stenocyathus

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 135208.

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How deep does the Worm Coral live?: The Worm Coral (Stenocyathus vermiformis) is typically found at 30–1229 m.