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Cervera atlantica is a small, stoloniferous and azooxanthellate octocoral that can be found in underwater caves, in reef crevices and under stones/rocks.
Its polyps grow up to 1 cm high and are connected to each other by flattened stolons of varying lengths and a maximum width of 2-3 mm
Cervera atlantica undergoes a carpet-like development in shady parts of the hard substrate.
The polyps of the coral are translucent orange in color.
As this tube coral is a “delicate” coral, it is only observed in areas with calm water movements.
Cervera atlantica can be confused with the tube coral Cornularia cornucopiae (Pallas, 1766), which sometimes occurs in the same distribution area.
The nudibranch Marionia blainvillea (Risso, 1818) likes to eat the tube coral.
Synonym: Cornularia atlantica Johnson, 1861
Its polyps grow up to 1 cm high and are connected to each other by flattened stolons of varying lengths and a maximum width of 2-3 mm
Cervera atlantica undergoes a carpet-like development in shady parts of the hard substrate.
The polyps of the coral are translucent orange in color.
As this tube coral is a “delicate” coral, it is only observed in areas with calm water movements.
Cervera atlantica can be confused with the tube coral Cornularia cornucopiae (Pallas, 1766), which sometimes occurs in the same distribution area.
The nudibranch Marionia blainvillea (Risso, 1818) likes to eat the tube coral.
Synonym: Cornularia atlantica Johnson, 1861
