Study Of Museum Specimen Of Tubipora (Coelenterata) With Comment And Diagram

Comments of Tubipora

Distribution: –

Tubipora is found on coral reefs in warm waters of Atlantic, Indian and  Pacific oceans.

Habit and habitat :-

Tubipora is a marine colonial polypoid Anthozoan.

character:-

1) Multicellular, issue grade, diploblastic and acoelomate.

2) Exclusively marine and polypoid, medusoid stage absent:symmetry, hexamerous.

3) Polyps always bear eight pinnate hollow tentacles and eight complete mesenteries; single ventral siphonoglyph, polyps dimorphic in some form.

4) Colony consists of simple or branched stems arising from a creeping base each stem is very elongated, polyp bearing lateral polyps.

Economic importance:-

1) Decorative value

2) Jewellery and Ornament.

3) Medicine

4) Building and road construction

5) Cement industry.

Diagram of Tubipora

Tubipora