Fungia are commonly called as 'Mushroom coral'. It is large and solitary coral. The skeleton or the corallite is discoid and convex on the upper and concave on the lower side.The numerous septa are small calcareous rods,the synapticulae. The ypung polyp,called anthocyathus, is attached by an anthocaulus,but the adult is free, large and lies at the bottom. It bears short tentacles and is without siphonoglyph.
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