How deep does the Knotted Fan Coral live?

The Knotted Fan Coral (Melithaea ochracea) is typically found at 3–18 m.

Knotted Fan Coral

Melithaea ochracea

Group: Coral
Typical depth: 3–18 m

A fan coral that grows in knotty branching colonies on rocky reef crests and upper slopes between about three and eighteen metres. Each branch carries rows of polyps that reach into the current to gather drifting food.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Cnidaria › Octocorallia › Malacalcyonacea › Melithaeidae › Melithaea

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 288139.

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How deep does the Knotted Fan Coral live?: The Knotted Fan Coral (Melithaea ochracea) is typically found at 3–18 m.