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Updated 6/10/2022
Family
Poritidae
HAWAII - ENDEMIC
Porites
evermanni 
Kaiwi Point, Hawaii, 50 feet |
Mahukona, Hawaii, 40 feet |
Hanauma Bay, Oahu, 50 feet |
Kewalo Pipe, Oahu, 50 feet |
Kewalo, Oahu, 35 feet |
cropped
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Puako, Hawaii, 35 feet |
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Hanauma Bay, Oahu, 35 feet |
Honaunau, Hawaii, 30 feet
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Kaiona, Waimanalo, Oahu |
Silt & fishing line, Makai Pier, Waimanalo, Oahu |
Mostly dead, Makai Pier, Waimanalo, Oahu
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Haleiwa Trench, Oahu, 15 feet |
Haleiwa Trench, Oahu, 15 feet |
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P. lobata (L) & P. evermanni (R), Mokolea Islet, Oahu, 30 feet |
P. lobata (R) & P. evermanni (F),
Puako, Hawaii, 35 feet |
Kewalo Pipe, Oahu, 50 feet |
Makai Pier, Oahu, 12 feet |
Hanauma Bay, Oahu, 4 feet
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Haleiwa Trench, Oahu, 30 feet
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Protective mucus, Kaiona, Oahu, 4 feet
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BROWN LOBE CORAL
| Common on shallow reefs.
Forms massive brown or purplish gray colonies with inflated, often squared-off lobes.
Calices are small and very shallow with smooth narrow walls, retracted polyps
are flush with the surrounding area. Endemic to Hawaii. Replaced by Porites lutea throughout the
Indo-Pacific. |
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