Today while diving in the South east of Bali, we got lucky to be welcome by ‘extremely’ cold temperature waters (21C, 69F). Because this is unusually cold water for Bali, it is actually a sign of upwelling of cold, clear water coming from the deep which is a sure sign of good visibility. So we took the opportunity to scan the deeper sandy area below the reef to see if we could find something interesting and boy we got lucky to find the very rare, solitary, free living, sand dwelling,Indophyllia macassarensis。
吲哚论与真正的甜甜圈珊瑚密切相关，阿斯胸和高度的船只塞纳琳娜，所有这些都发生在非典型的礁石环境中。由于其神秘的性质，我们几乎没有试用和错误，才能理解我们应该寻找的确切位置吲哚论colonies. Very open, flat sandy reef zones so far seem to be where free living, deep water species such as this one, call home, and where they can easily get food, and obviously where larvae will recruit.
我们开始发现很少气齿藻Geoffroyi到24-25 m（70-75英尺），并扫描几乎平坦的沙质底部，上面覆盖着海笔，黑色珊瑚和其他Ahermatypic Nephtheidae（SFOT Corals），我们终于找到了罕见的吲哚论在30 m（90 ft）的水中。本身就是自己的小私人Microhabitat。
在第一批原位摄影中：
我们很乐意找到这种珊瑚的原因是，这些照片可能是第一张照片吲哚论in situ. All the pictures in ‘Corals of the World’ from JEN Veron, are actually aquarium photos.
一个有问题的物种：
This species is a bit like a myth, we’ve seen quite a few aquarium specimen, but never came across it underwater ourself.
该物种看起来非常像塞纳琳娜lacrymalisand阿甘菲斯利亚deshayesiana。
It has the size and wide fleshy appearance of阿甘菲斯利亚deshayesianawith a mix of bubble type meaty mantle of塞纳琳娜lacrymalis。
But whileC. lacrymalis岩石的垂直表面附着的生命。I. macassarensis是一个自由的生物珊瑚，居住在沙质底部，与A. Deshayesiana。The septa ofI. macassarensis厚，但比C. lacrymalis。
Veron in Corals of the World, says that the skeleton is up to 45 mm, we can say that this one was much bigger, with at least 100 mm wide. With the total width of the tissues being around 250 mm or around 10 inches in diameter, and otherwise much the same size asA. Deshayesiana。This sympatric group is a very interesting one, and a proper genetic analysis of the group should give very interesting information about these three species.
一个非常特殊的栖息地：
发现这种孤立的尼迪利植物的栖息地是一个碗形沙质底部，正在从周围的水和电流中收集食物。一直以来，我们很幸运能够在这个沙质碗中进入一所庞大的沙丁鱼学校。这导致我们认为这个地方经常集中浮游动物。
所有这些信息告诉我们,理想的习惯at for吲哚论is very dim blue light, with very moderate flow, and it should be housed on a sand bottom, and regularly fed meaty food. Since wild corals from Indonesia are currently closed to collection, there is very little chance to find吲哚论在水族馆的爱好中，除了偶尔来自马来西亚的标本，或者当巴布亚新几内亚的出口开始时，它可能会出现。我们希望这种对这个非常特殊的栖息地的见解能够帮助水族基金会正确地维护这些美丽的珊瑚，并将其分享给下一代。
