綜合描述
單體珊瑚,珊瑚體呈圓錐柱狀,表面光滑,白色至褐灰色,根部(pedicel)筆直或末端處向一側彎曲,底部附著於堅硬基質,若基質為變異同孔葵珊瑚
(Solenosmilia variabilis),則珊瑚體形態多變。珊瑚孔開口大,接近圓形,邊緣明顯鋸齒狀,最大直徑約25.1 mm,高30.9 mm,根部直徑6.3 mm。珊瑚體外鞘(theca)粗厚,類似陶瓷器材質。珊瑚體具有4組隔片(S1~S4),共計48片(S1=6,S2=6,S3=12,S4=24),呈六放排列,隔片長度為S1=S2>S3≧S4。S1和S2非常突出(3.2 mm),長度大約珊瑚孔至中柱的3/5;S3和S4較不突出,大小類似,略呈波浪狀。中柱由3~18個扭曲針柱狀突起組成,呈叢束狀(fascicular columella)。籬片(P3)12片,略呈波浪狀,排列於S3末端。肋片變異很大,有些個體發育不全或缺乏,偶有3~4個顆粒狀小突起。
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