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> Montipora > Montipora dilatata
Updated 12/9/2023
Family
Acroporidae
CENTRAL PACIFIC / HAWAII
Montipora
dilatata
IRREGULAR RICE CORAL
Rare on shallow
reefs in calm water. Colonies may be
a combination of encrusting sheetsand vertical columns with
flaring pale tips, brown with purple, pink, or blue fluorescence. Calices are immersed between short
fused ridges. May be confused with Montipora flabellata,
which has long irregular tubercules that form meandering ridges with
rounded or flat tops. This species complex requires
additional study.
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