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> Porites lutea
Updated 3/17/2024
Family
Poritidae
INDO-PACIFIC
Porites
lutea
GIANT PORITES
Common on shallow reefs. Forms very large domes with
blunt lobes, calices nearly flush with surface. Cream to brown,
pink or purple under excessive UV light. Indo-Pacific & the Tropical Eastern Pacific.
Replaced in Hawaii by the endemic Porites
evermanni.
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