Guide to Indo-Pacific corals in international wildlife trade, Volume 55U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, 2002 - Corals - 54 pages |
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... ( surface is relatively smooth , may have visible pores or no pores but it lacks septa ) . If it is NOT a ... branch surface ? Acropora ( pp . 51-52 ) Are the corallites pore - like ? Pocillopora or Porites ( pp . 39-40 ; 49-50 ) 8. It is ...
... ( surface is relatively smooth , may have visible pores or no pores but it lacks septa ) . If it is NOT a ... branch surface ? Acropora ( pp . 51-52 ) Are the corallites pore - like ? Pocillopora or Porites ( pp . 39-40 ; 49-50 ) 8. It is ...
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... wall ( colony meandroid ) ...... 21. Sinuous , meandering corallum with series of branches ... branch at the end and have paired knobs . E. ancora has distinctive T ... surface during the day ; vesicles are circular or oval ; they may be ...
... wall ( colony meandroid ) ...... 21. Sinuous , meandering corallum with series of branches ... branch at the end and have paired knobs . E. ancora has distinctive T ... surface during the day ; vesicles are circular or oval ; they may be ...
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... wall ..... b . colonies with distinct branches , may be erect , with secondary divisions or partially fused to form plate - like structures .... 41. a . crustose , foliaceous or branching ; branch surface has small ( < 1cm ) , cone ...
... wall ..... b . colonies with distinct branches , may be erect , with secondary divisions or partially fused to form plate - like structures .... 41. a . crustose , foliaceous or branching ; branch surface has small ( < 1cm ) , cone ...
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... branch with prominent wart - like verrucae . b . thick , rounded or compressed stems with blunt , rounded tips ... surface smooth See page 39-40 Porites .... g . branches are slender or thick , septa are prominent and raised above branch ...
... branch with prominent wart - like verrucae . b . thick , rounded or compressed stems with blunt , rounded tips ... surface smooth See page 39-40 Porites .... g . branches are slender or thick , septa are prominent and raised above branch ...
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... branches ranging from slender , pencil - like stems to thick columns . Branches may be ... branch tip .... e . colonies have thin tapered branches , widely spaced ... surface of Montipora colonies are rough and covered with nodules , wart ...
... branches ranging from slender , pencil - like stems to thick columns . Branches may be ... branch tip .... e . colonies have thin tapered branches , widely spaced ... surface of Montipora colonies are rough and covered with nodules , wart ...
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aboral Acropora Alveopora axial furrow Brain Coral Branching Corals calices Caryophyllidae Catalaphyllia Caulastrea cerioid circular cm diameter coenosteum colonies laminar colonies massive colony margin columella common name Coral colonies coral genera corallite wall corallites arranged corallum Corals Family Corals Simplified key dome-shaped Echinopora elongate encrusting Euphyllia expanded exsert extended at night Favia Favites flabellate flabello-meandroid fleshy Foliaceous Corals Fungia Fungiidae Galaxea Goniastrea Goniopora Halomitra Heliofungia Hydnophora hydrozoan Icommon Indo-Pacific key to coral Leptoria live colonies Lobophyllia meandering valleys Merulina Millepora Milleporina Montastraea Montipora mouth Mushroom Corals Mycedium oral disc Oulastrea Oulophyllia oval Oxypora paliform lobe Pavona Physogyra pieces in trade plating Platygyra Plerogyra Plocoid growth form Pocillopora Polyphyllia polyps pore-like pores Porites prominent radial corallites ridges rows Sandolitha septa large septa thick septo-costae Seriatopora skeletal skeleton smooth species stony corals Stylaster Stylophora surface Symphyllia teeth tentacles extended Trachyphyllia Tubastraea tubular Turbinaria vesicles widely spaced wildlife trade continued Zoopilus