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Updated 9/9/2021
Family Oculinidae
INDO-PACIFIC Galaxea
astreata
SMALL GALAXEA
Locally common on protected reefs in shallow water.
Encrusting or columnar attaining several feet in diameter, round calices
under 5mm
in diameter (more than 5mm for Galaxea
fascicularis), gray, brown, pink or green with white-tips.
Red Sea to Okinawa and the Cook Islands. |
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