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Updated 9/12/2021

Family Fungiidae

INDO-PACIFIC / HAWAII

Pleuractis granulosa

Angel Ledge, Midway Atoll, 80 feet

 

Fission, Pearl & Hermes Reef, 50 feet

Haleiwa Trench, Oahu, 60 feet

 

Kewalo Pipe, Oahu, 50 feet

GRANULAR RAZOR CORAL

Uncommon in rubble pockets on deeper reefs.  Circular with central hump, ribs of uniform height, bottom concave.  Often confused with the smaller Cycloseris vaughani.  Attains 4 inches.  Red Sea to Okinawa, Hawaii, and the Line Islands.  Formerly known as Fungia granulosa.

All coral skeletons illustrated are from scientific collections taken prior to 1998.