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Updated 9/11/2021

Family Agariciidae

INDO-PACIFIC

Pachyseris rugosa



Tongan Beach Resort, Vava'u, 20 feet


Palau


Mil Channel, Yap, 4 feet


Chibishi, Okinawa, 25 feet

Wakatobi, Indonesia

 

  

Utulei, Tutuila, American Samoa 

Tutuila, American Samoa

RUGGED CORAL

Common on shallow reefs with good water circulation.  Forms massive colonies with contorted vertical blades, calices nearly indistinguishable between irregular ridges, gray or brown with white margins.  Indo-Pacific, Red Sea to Samoa.