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Amplexidiscus fenestrafer

Photographer: Lovell and Libby Langstroth
Organization: California Academy of Sciences
Collection: CalAcademy

ID: 0000 0000 0505 1174 (2005-05-16)

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date of photo between 1980 and 1986

location Flores Sea (Indonesia)

family Actinodiscidae

order Corallimorpharia

class Anthozoa

habitat Coral reefs

notes This largest corallimorph, shown with its wide open mouth, entraps and kills fish. The oral disc bends inward and closes in a matter of seconds.

camera Nikon in Oceanic housing

photo category: Animal - Invertebrate-Other

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