Fungia danai

Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851

Mushroom Coral, Plate Coral, Disk Coral

Range: Indo-West Pacific Ocean: Widespread.

Natural Environment: Inhabits soft sand and coral rubble zones on reef slopes and lagoon flats, and interconnected sandy reef areas that are protected from strong wave motion and usually seen at depths between 3 - 100 feet (1 - 30 m).

General Husbandry: See Fungia scutaria for suggested aquarium husbandry.

Taxonomy:

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Cnidaria

Class: Anthozoa

Subclass: Hexacorallia

Order: Scleractinia

Family: Fungiidae

Genus: Fungia

FYI: In the wild, usually brown, sometimes mottled, with pale margins and tentacle lobes.