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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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| Pavona varians Verrill 1864.
Colonies encrusting to laminar, showing short, irregular valleys. Kona 2012 |
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| Pavona varians Verrill 1864.
Colonies encrusting to laminar, showing short, irregular valleys. Kona 2012 |
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Montipora capitata (Dana 1846), Rice Coral.
Encrusting to massive colonies to thin plates in calm water. Dark
to light brown in color. Hawaiian endemic. Structural
elements of polyps appear like grains of rice. Kona 2012 |
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