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Home > Corals
> Agariciidae > Leptoseris incrustans
Updated 11/27/2015
Family
Agariciidae
INDO-PACIFIC / HAWAII
Leptoseris
incrustans
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YO-257 wreck, Oahu, 90 feet
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Halona Blowhole, Oahu, 30 feet
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cropped images above
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Haleiwa Trench, Oahu, 60 feet
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Sharks Cove, Oahu, 30 feet |
Molokini Back Wall, 50 feet
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Sharks Cove, O'ahu, 45 feet |
Kaiaka Wall, O'ahu, 75 feet |
Hale'iwa Trench, O'ahu, 70 feet |
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ENCRUSTING CORAL
Fairly
common on vertical surfaces
at scuba depth. Forms small encrustations that are very lumpy
where exposed to light or nearly smooth in shaded areas, calices are
difficult to distinguish, fine septa of equal width, microscopically
serrate. Dark brown to red, raised surfaces
lighter. Hawaii & the Indo-Pacific.
All coral
skeletons illustrated are from scientific collections taken prior to
1998.
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