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Updated 2/28/2024

Family Dendrophylliidae

INDO-PACIFIC

TROPICAL WESTERN ATLANTIC

 

Tubastraea micranthus

 

Lewaleng, Indonesia


Big Dropoff, Palau, 20 feet

Wakatobi, Indonesia, 20 feet


Palau

Rainbow Reef, Fiji


Teun, Indonesia
  
   

BLACK SUN CORAL

Upright branching species common along current-swept walls and dropoffs.  Greenish black during the day when polyps are retracted.  Attains width of at least 5 feet.  Indo-West Pacific excluding Hawaii.  It has been observed on oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico near Louisiana, where it may become invasive.  Also known as Tubastraea micrantha.