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| Anthelia edmondsonii (Verrill 1928).
Blue Soft Coral. Light
blue in color this is one of the few soft corals found in
Hawai'i (and only there). Predated nightly by the Nudibranch
Tritonia hawaiiensis. 1/4" inch across polyps in colonies 3-12"
across. Close-up. Kona 2014 |
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| Anthelia edmondsonii (Verrill 1928).
Blue Soft Coral. Light
blue in color this is one of the few soft corals found in
Hawai'i (and only there). Predated nightly by the Nudibranch
Tritonia hawaiiensis. 1/4" inch across polyps in colonies 3-12"
across. Kona 2014 here; overgrowing a Pocilloporid skeleton. |
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| Porites compressa Dana 1846, Finger
Coral. Another common (endemic) species in Hawai'i (85% or so of Kaneohe
Bay, O'ahu). Generally light brown in color. Finger like deeper, to knobby
boulders in shallow. Kona 2014 |
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Porites rus Forsskal 1775, Plate and Pillar
Coral. Variable in shape as its common name points to. Upright
columns more shallow to gorgeous plates deeper, more calm waters.
Gray to brown in color, often with yellow polyps that have wider
spaced calyces, raised areas between polyps. Both morphs visible
here at Honaunau, City of refuge, Kailua, Kona, Hawai'i 2014. |
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