Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Coral (Favia favus), mar Rojo, Egipto, 2023-04-18, DD 116.jpg

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•  Info Coral (Favia favus), Red Sea, Egypt. This species of stony corals is massive and forms thickly encrusting dome-shaped colonial corals. There is a great diversity of form even among the same species. The corallites, that have a diameter of 1 to 2 centimetres (0.39 to 0.79 in). project slightly above the surface of the coral and each has its own wall. The septa and costae linked to the corallite wall are well developed and covered by fine teeth. The polyps only extend and feed during the night. Each one has a small number of tapering tentacles which often have a darker coloured tip; these are called stinger tentacles, or sweeper tentacles. They use these to sweep the water to see if any other coral is in its area; if so, then they begin to sting the other coral. This is commonly known as coral war. Each coral is trying to make sure it has enough room around it so it can continue to grow and have more surface area for its offspring. Note: we have an FP of this species but substantially different. c/u/n by Poco a poco (talk) 21:37, 6 August 2023 (UTC)
•  Support -- Poco a poco (talk) 21:37, 6 August 2023 (UTC)
•  Support Fantastic biological patterns and decent quality for an underwater picture -- Basile Morin (talk) 01:05, 7 August 2023 (UTC)
•  Support - ABAL1412 (talk) 16:24, 7 August 2023 (UTC)
•  Support --MZaplotnik^(talk) 20:39, 7 August 2023 (UTC)
•  Support --The Cosmonaut (talk) 16:13, 8 August 2023 (UTC)
•  Support --Lorax (talk) 04:34, 9 August 2023 (UTC)
•  Support --Llez (talk) 07:09, 9 August 2023 (UTC)
•  Support--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 09:59, 9 August 2023 (UTC)
•  Support Symmetry is eye-catching --Tagooty (talk) 13:48, 9 August 2023 (UTC)
•  Support Daniel Case (talk) 06:13, 12 August 2023 (UTC)

Confirmed results:

Result: 10 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Yann (talk) 13:29, 12 August 2023 (UTC)

This image will be added to the FP gallery: Animals#Class_:_Anthozoa