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Porites divaricata
Thin finger coral
Common Names
IUCN:
Scleractinia
Order:
Poritidae
Order:
Distribution
Most common on shallow back reefs including seagrass beds and rubble areas.
Ecology
Abundant to common South Florida, Bahamas, Caribbean.
Description
Branches are the most slender (<1 cm)and widely spaced of these species. They are often divided at their tips, likely to have live tissues at their bases, colours vary from purple, yellow-brown, grey, to brown.
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