Dr. Shaunak Modi, Indien
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Slat is a very small, solitary, and ahermatypical stony coral that occurs in the Indian Ocean and Indo-Pacific on flat rock platforms and loose tidal rocks.
This large-polyped stony coral is not commonly found in its habitats.
Slat forms loose clusters or small colonies of individual animals that are not connected to each other.
Neither depth data nor water temperatures have been documented in the literature on stony corals, so we wrote to Shaunak Moodi, India, to obtain actual information.
Moody Shaunak from India sent us the following information:
Hi Andreas,
Thank you for reaching out. All my observations of Polycyathus verrilli have been taken in the intertidal during spring low tides (
This large-polyped stony coral is not commonly found in its habitats.
Slat forms loose clusters or small colonies of individual animals that are not connected to each other.
Neither depth data nor water temperatures have been documented in the literature on stony corals, so we wrote to Shaunak Moodi, India, to obtain actual information.
Moody Shaunak from India sent us the following information:
Hi Andreas,
Thank you for reaching out. All my observations of Polycyathus verrilli have been taken in the intertidal during spring low tides (
