"Zoopilus is a free-living, either rounded or slightly elongate and usually about 20 to 30 cm in diameter. The corallum is strongly domed and light in weight. It is brownish in color and lacks the bluish colored margin characteristic of Halomitra and Sandalolitha. Tentacles are not extended during the day. Zoopilus is colonial, with a central calice and a few irregularly placed lateral centers. These are small and indistinct in the living coral. Septa are prominent and arranged in a distinctive pattern over the surface of the coral. Some sweep in a widening arc starting slightly off-center, while others radiate out from the top of the coral. The principal septa run from the center of the corallum to the perimeter without arching up, as they do in some related fungiids. The top and undersurface of the corallum are spiny and rough to the touch." (Dr. Elizabeth M. Wood, 1984).
"In general this is a relatively uncommon coral unless conditions are particularly suitable. Like other free-living fungiids it prefers soft substrates and reef slopes." (Dr. Elizabeth M. Wood, 1984).
Zoopilus is a monotypic genus of cnidarians belonging to the family Fungiidae. The only species is Zoopilus echinatus.[1]
Zoopilus is a monotypic genus of cnidarians belonging to the family Fungiidae. The only species is Zoopilus echinatus.
