Corals

Rhizotrochus levidensis

• Group: Coral

A solitary cup coral known from Australian waters at around ten metres and likely deeper. It grows without symbiotic algae, feeding instead by spreading its tentacles to capture plankton drifting past.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Cnidaria › Hexacorallia › Scleractinia › Flabellidae › Rhizotrochus

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 288450.