Honeycomb Coral also called larger star coral, Favites abdita, from the Southern Red Sea, Marsa Alam, Egypt.

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The stony corals have large polyps with irregular mouth openings. At night the polyp's tentacles come out to filter feed on zoo-plankton, which they transport in to the big mouth opening. This kind of corals are known to be more resilient to environmental changes than other coral species.

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Size: 3258px × 2172px
Location: Marsa Alam, Southern Red Sea, Egypt
Photo credit: © Rasmus Loeth Petersen / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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