Uncommon in lagoons and channels. Variable, encrusting,
plate-like,
domed, or columnar, extended tentacles (12) short, brown
or dark green, sometimes with a iridescent sheen or pale tentacle
tips. Skeletally the corallum is very light and
lattice-like. Red Sea to Japan, east to Samoa.
All
coral skeletons illustrated are from scientific collections taken prior
to 1998.
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