Old Kona Airport, Hawaii, 40 feet

Mahukona, Hawaii, 30 feet

Kailua Bay, Hawaii, 15 feet

Puako, Hawaii, 25 feet

Kealakekua Bay, Hawaii, 30 feet

Kewalo, Oahu, 25 feet

cropped

Kewalo, Oahu, 25 feet

Parrotfish bites, Sharks Cove, Oahu, 20 feet

UV stress, Kapoho, Hawaii, 5 feet

Midway Lagoon

Distressed colony, Kewalo Pipe, Oahu

Midway Lagoon

Honaunau, Hawaii, 20 feet

Honokohau, Hawaii, 20 feet

Honaunau, Hawaii, 20 feet

Puako, Hawaii, 25 feet

Kewalo, Oahu, 50 feet

Ahihi Bay, Maui, 10 feet

P. solida (L) & P. lobata (R), Kewalo, Oahu

P. lobata (L) & P. evermanni (R), Mokolea Islet, Oahu, 30 feet

P. lobata (R) & P. evermanni (F), 

Puako, Hawaii, 35 feet

Haleiwa Trench, Oahu, 15 feet

Kailua Bay, Hawaii, 15 feet

Fluorescent, Blowhole, Oahu, 20 feet

Makapu'u, Oahu, 20 feet

Abundant on reefs exposed to good water circulation.  Variable in color and shape, greenish yellow or tan, stressed colonies with blue or purple cast.  Gently rounded to conical lobes with a tendency to form multiple peaks.  Calices are small but deep with distinct outer walls, retracted polyps are below the surrounding area.  Pink lesions or zits are caused by a trematode infection.  Hawaii, Indo-Pacific, and Tropical Eastern Pacific.

All coral skeletons illustrated are from scientific collections taken prior to 1998.