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Family Acroporidae

INDO-PACIFIC

Montipora nodosa

Tutuila, American Samoa

KNOTTED RICE CORAL

Uncommon reefs in shallow water.  Massive or plate-like, light brown, green, blue, or purple.  Corallites exsert or immersed and surrounded by fused thecal papillae, forming a thick collar.  Indo-Pacific excluding Hawaii.

All coral skeletons illustrated are from scientific collections taken prior to 1998.