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> Porites lichen
Updated 3/10/2014
Family
Poritidae
INDO-PACIFIC / HAWAII
Porites
lichen
LICHEN CORAL
Rare in Hawaii except for a few
scattered locations such as Haleiwa Trench on Oahu and Kure Atoll. Very similar to
Lobe Coral except it forms thin plates
with free edges. Calices are small and bowl-shaped with smooth
solid walls. Retracted polyps are below the surrounding
area. In my opinion Hawaiian specimens appear different from the
true species elsewhere. Hawaii & the Indo-Pacific.
All
coral skeletons illustrated are from scientific collections taken prior
to 1998.
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