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Definition of cup coral in English: cup coralnoun A small brightly coloured solitary coral with tentacles that end in small knobs, sometimes found in colder seas. Genus Caryophyllia, order Scleractinia (or Madreporaria): several species Example sentencesExamples - We found a lovely archway with a large swim-through completely covered in orange cup coral.
- We found boxer crabs (they are still there!) and blue ring octopus at Siladen, cup coral snails at Manado Tua, and ghost pipefish near the famous giant clams at Fukui.
- With clever camouflage techniques, golden wentletraps and their eggs are almost invisible against the cup coral host.
- He was kind enough to identify many of them for me, and in the process informed me that I had a nice shot of a scarlet and gold cup coral.
- There are writhing carpets of brittle stars, as well as patches with the occasional cup coral and dead man's finger.
Definition of cup coral in US English: cup coralnoun A small brightly colored solitary coral with tentacles that end in small knobs, sometimes found in colder seas. Genus Caryophyllia, order Scleractinia (or Madreporaria): several species, including the Devonshire cup coral (C. smithi), of European waters Example sentencesExamples - We found a lovely archway with a large swim-through completely covered in orange cup coral.
- He was kind enough to identify many of them for me, and in the process informed me that I had a nice shot of a scarlet and gold cup coral.
- We found boxer crabs (they are still there!) and blue ring octopus at Siladen, cup coral snails at Manado Tua, and ghost pipefish near the famous giant clams at Fukui.
- With clever camouflage techniques, golden wentletraps and their eggs are almost invisible against the cup coral host.
- There are writhing carpets of brittle stars, as well as patches with the occasional cup coral and dead man's finger.
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