Latin name: Pentapora fascialis Family:  Hippoporinidae
English name: Ross Coral
Description:  Erect, flat colonies, which reach 15 - 20 cm of height. They have leaves with zooids for both faces, strongly calcified and irregular, with lobes that often join. The zooids have rhomboid form, oval or hexagonal, generally elongated. Red or orange colour.
Distribution: From W from the British Isles to the Mediterranean Sea.Habitat: Subcoastal species, it grows in shells,  on stones or rocks.
Habitat: Pastures, margins of roads, in fresh and sombre zones.

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