Appearance
A solitary disc coral, "C. cyclolites" is round or slightly oval, forming a dome up to 4 cm wide with a hollowed out under surface. The primary septa are thick and straight with up to four more whorls of septa in larger specimens. The colour varies, usually being whitish or greenish, but shallow water specimens are sometimes brightly coloured. The primary septa often have white margins.Distribution
"Cycloseris cyclolites" is found in oceans of the tropical and subtropical Indo-Pacific region. Its range extends from Madagascar, the East African coast and the Red Sea through India and Malaysia to northern Australia, Japan and various island groups in the Pacific Ocean.Habitat
Its typical habitat is on soft substrate, often muddy sand, between reefs, but it also sometimes occurs on the reefs themselves. "C. cyclolites" is part of a species complex and it is probable that reports of this species in the Western Indian Ocean should be assigned to a different species.References:
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