Mycedium elephantotus

Taxonomical systematics

Scientific name

Mycedium elephantotus (Pallas, 1766)

Genus

Mycedium Oken, 1815

Family

Pectiniidae Waughan & Wells, 1943

Order

Scleractinia

Subclass

Zoantharia

Class

Anthozoa

Phylum

Cnidaria

Local ecology

Distribution

Tropical Western Pacific Ocean, Great Barrier Reef, Tropical Eastern Indian Ocean, Northern and Western Indian Ocean, Red Sea.

Biological characteristics

Mycedium elephantotus at a depth of 28.5 m on Osprey Reef, Coral Sea.