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> Porites lobata
Updated 10/26/2022
Family
Poritidae
INDO-PACIFIC / HAWAII
Porites
lobata
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Hanauma
Bay, Oahu, 25 feet
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Old Kona Airport, Hawaii, 40 feet |
Mahukona, Hawaii, 30 feet |
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Kailua Bay, Hawaii, 15 feet
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Puako, Hawaii, 25 feet |
Kealakekua Bay, Hawaii, 30 feet |
Kewalo, Oahu, 25 feet |
cropped |
Kewalo, Oahu, 25 feet |
Parrotfish bites, Sharks Cove, Oahu, 20 feet |
UV stress, Kapoho, Hawaii, 5 feet |
Midway Lagoon |
Distressed colony, Kewalo Pipe, Oahu |
Midway Lagoon |
Honaunau, Hawaii, 20 feet
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Honokohau, Hawaii, 20 feet |
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Honaunau, Hawaii, 20 feet
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Puako, Hawaii, 25 feet |
Kewalo, Oahu, 50 feet |
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Ahihi Bay, Maui, 10 feet |
P. solida (L) & P. lobata (R), Kewalo, Oahu |
P. lobata (L) & P. evermanni (R), Mokolea Islet, Oahu, 30 feet |
P. lobata (R) & P. evermanni (F),
Puako, Hawaii, 35 feet |
Haleiwa Trench, Oahu, 15 feet
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Kailua Bay, Hawaii, 15 feet |
Fluorescent, Blowhole, Oahu, 20 feet
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Makapu'u, Oahu, 20 feet |
Honokohau, Hawaii, 20 feet |
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Kahe
Point, Oahu, 15 feet
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LOBE CORAL
Abundant on reefs exposed
to good water circulation. Variable in color and shape, greenish
yellow or tan, stressed colonies with blue or purple
cast. Gently rounded to conical lobes
with a tendency to form multiple peaks. Calices are small but deep with
distinct outer walls, retracted polyps are below the surrounding area.
Pink lesions or zits are caused by a trematode infection. Hawaii, Indo-Pacific, and Tropical Eastern
Pacific.
All
coral skeletons illustrated are from scientific collections taken prior
to 1998.
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