Euphyllia ancora is a large polyp stony coral species. The name is once again a synonym, the correct name would by now be Fimbriaphyllia ancora, because after new genetic studies the former subgenus has been elevated to a full-fledged one. But from a CITES perspective we are still stuck with the outdated classification. The species is distributed in Indonesia, Australia and the western Indo-Pacific. The skeleton is flabello-meandroid and has clearly visible septs protruding from the lateral walls. Several polyps grow between them, as can be seen from the many oral discs. The tentacles can expand very far in this species and have a hammer-like thickened tip, which has earned it the common name "hammer coral". Often only fragments come into the trade, the animals almost always show cut edges. However, this fragmentation heals quite well, unless you have problems with the water conditions. Typical colors are mainly green and purple, more rarely toxic green or very rarely different shades from yellow to orange. Bicolored tentacles with green or golden stem and different colored tips also occur from time to time.
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