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Updated 9/6/2021
Family
Leptastreidae
INDO-PACIFIC / HAWAII
Leptastrea
purpurea
Hanauma Bay, Oahu, 20 feet |
Kure Atoll, 8 feet |
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Kewalo, Oahu, 50 feet |
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 YO-257 wreck, Oahu,
85 feet
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Kahe Point, Oahu, 20 feet |
Makapu'u, Oahu, 20 feet |
Makapu'u, Oahu, 20 feet |
cropped |
Portlock, Oahu, 40 feet |
Haleiwa Trench, Oahu, 35 feet |
Haleiwa Trench, Oahu, 35 feet
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Kewalo Marine Lab, Oahu
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Sand Island, Oahu, 6 feet |
Kauai
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Kaneohe Bay, Oahu
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Makapu'u Pinnacle, Oahu
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Sea Tiger wreck, Oahu, 70 feet
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He'eia, Oahu
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Savusavu Bay, Fiji
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Kewalo, Oahu |
Sharks Cove, Oahu |
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CRUST CORAL
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An uncommon encrusting species of
shallow habitats including harbors, tidepools and reefs exposed to surge. Calices of varying size with close-set smooth ribs,
cream with brown within and bluish-white centers. Transverse
Coral has calices surrounded by elevated points and a narrow groove.
Very tolerant of adverse conditions lethal to other corals. Hawaii & the Indo-Pacific.
All
coral skeletons illustrated are from scientific collections taken prior
to 1998.
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