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Updated 9/9/2021

Family Oculinidae

INDO-PACIFIC

Galaxea astreata

 

 



Banda Naira, Indonesia


Nila, Indonesia


Palau


Palau


Wakatobi, Indonesia, 25 feet


Savusavu, Fiji
 

Indonesia

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.