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Updated 9/9/2021
Family Oculinidae
| Small family of colonial corals, most of which lack zooxanthellae
(except Galaxea). Characterized by tubular exsert calices with
prominent septa. Oculina form extensive deep reef systems
in the Gulf of Mexico. |
INDO-PACIFIC
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Galaxea
fascicularis
LARGE GALAXEA |
Galaxea astreata  SMALL GALAXEA |
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Galaxea acrhelia
 SHAVING
BRUSH GALAXEA |
Galaxea horrescens
ARBORESCENT GALAXEA |
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TROPICAL WESTERN ATLANTIC
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Oculina diffusa
DIFFUSE IVORY TREE CORAL
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