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Updated 9/14/2021

Family Siderastreidae

HAWAII - ENDEMIC

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Halona Blowhole, Oahu, 25 feet

 

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Puako, Hawaii, 25 feet

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VERRILL'S LUMP CORAL

Rare on vertical walls and shaded locations.  Individual calices are located in shallow depressions.  Endemic to Hawaii.  This species requires more study; it may prove to be a smooth variety of Psammocora nierstraszi or P. profundacella.