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Updated 9/6/2021

Family Agariciidae

INDO-WEST PACIFIC

Coeloseris mayeri

Wakatobi, Indonesia

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MAYER'S CORAL

Uncommon on reef slopes.  Encrusting with hexagonal calices with shared septo-costae.  Retracted tentacles apparent as tiny dots between ribs just below calyx margins.  Greenish or yellowish-brown with dark centers.  East Africa to Japan & Samoa.