Flabellum, a little known genus of fleshy azoox coral

With the growing popularity in Azoox corals, it will only be a matter of time before the deepwater coral genusFlabellumlands on the radar of this new push intodark reef keeping.Flabellumspecies are large, fleshy solitary stony corals that live unattached and come in a wide range of shapes and sizes. They can be anywhere from completely round, to flattened axially, some are conical and others have extremely exert septa like aPhysogyrabubble coral.

AlthoughFlabellumcorals are closely related to the familiarRhizotrochuscorals, the coloration ofFlabellumis not quite as colorful as some Rhizos. From what we can gather from the limited information onFlabellum珊瑚，这些物种通常是在较冷的水中发现的，无论是高纬度的浅水还是靠近赤道的深水。我们不确定在世界上可以为Azoox Coral爱好者合法和可持续收集的世界地区是否会发生脆弱的地方，但与此同时，我们满足于远距离欣赏他们。