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Updated 3/10/2014

Family Poritidae

HAWAII - ENDEMIC

Porites hawaiiensis   

Laysan Island, 15 feet

 

cropped

Laysan Island, 15 feet

 

Makapu'u tidepool, Oahu

Sharks Cove, Oahu, 25 feet

 

cropped

Haleiwa Trench, Oahu, 20 feet

 


Ala Moana/Rockpiles, Oahu, 25 feet

cropped

Cromwells, Oahu, 4 feet

Kaiaka Wall, Oahu, 40 feet

HAWAIIAN PORITES

Uncommon encrusting species found in small crevices or shaded vertical surfaces exposed to surf.  Yellow or green with tiny bowl-like calices well-separated from each other by elevated rods.  Endemic to Hawaii.  Formerly known as Porites sp.cf. bernardi.