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Family
Acroporidae
WESTERN PACIFIC
Acropora
tutuilensis
Leone, Tutuila, American Samoa, 20 feet
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cropped
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TUTUILA ACROPORA
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Uncommon on shallow reefs exposed to wave action.
Partially fused horizontal branches with numerous axial corallites along
margins, and large tubular radial corallites with smaller ones at their
base. Brownish-gray with pale tips. Indonesia to Samoa. |
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