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Fungia scruposa : ウィキペディア英語版 | Fungia scruposa
''Fungia scruposa'' is a species of coral that is the first to have been observed to eat jellyfish. It was described by Klunzinger in 1879 and has a diameter of around . It is rated as a least-concern species. ==Description== They are around in diameter and normally eat a variety of food from bacteria to mesozooplankton measuring 1 mm in diameter. During an algal bloom in 2009 researchers observed the coral consuming the jellyfish ''Aurelia aurita''. This was the first time such behaviour has been seen in the wild. It is not known how the coral captures jellyfish. This coral is unusual in that it consists of a single polyp up to across. It may have caught the jellyfish with its tentacles in the same way as some sea anemones feed on other jellyfish species.〔 Its polyps have diameters of up to and are oval or circular. The species may contain tentacular lobes and it has dense septa. It is blue or brown in colour.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=''Fungia scruposa'' )〕 Its maximum diameter is around .〔
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