Haleiwa Trench, Oahu, 45 feet

Hanauma Bay, Oahu, 40 feet

Hanauma Bay, Oahu, 30 feet

Hanauma Bay, Oahu, 30 feet

Kewalo, Oahu, 25 feet

Kahe Point, Oahu, 25 feet

Wailupe, Oahu, 5 feet

Makai Pier, Waimanalo, Oahu, 6 feet

Hau'ula, Oahu, 20 feet

Kaiona, Waimanalo, Oahu, 6 feet

Haleiwa Trench, Oahu, 30 feet

Sharks Cove, Oahu, 25 feet

Kewalo Pipe, Oahu, 50 feet

Haleiwa Trench, Oahu, 30 feet

Makai Pier, Oahu, 10 feet

Makai Pier, O'ahu, 10 feet

Common in a variety of environments as encrusting sheets, occasionally forming plates.  Golden brown with white margins, some colonies have bright purple polyps.  Calices are usually elevated and surrounded by a ring of tiny rods giving the colony a rough texture.  Hawaii, Line Islands, Marquesas, and Austral Islands.

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