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> Merulinidae > Cyphastrea ocellina
Updated 9/6/2021
Family
Merulinidae
WEST PACIFIC / HAWAII
Cyphastrea
ocellina
Pale form, Kapoho, Hawaii, 4 feet
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C. agassizi (L) & C. ocellina (R) Kualoa, Oahu, 6 feet |
Moku o Loe, Kaneohe Bay, Oahu, 2 feet
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Makapu'u tidepool, Oahu
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Makapu'u tidepool, Oahu
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Haleiwa Trench, Oahu, 15 feet |
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Haleiwa Trench, Oahu, 15 feet
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Typical color, Kaneohe Bay, Oahu, 2 feet
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Firehouse, Oahu, 8 feet
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OCELLATED
CORAL
| A small, knobby, encrusting species
common on shallow reefs. Orange-brown or tan with elevated calices
2 to 3mm in diameter with ribs extending down the outer wall. Cyphastrea
agassizi has larger calices 3 to 5 mm in diameter. Hawaii & the Western
Pacific.
All
coral skeletons illustrated are from scientific collections taken prior
to 1998.
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