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Rose Coral

Manicina areolata

Classification

Family
Faviidae

Manicina areolata, commonly known as rose coral, is a colonial species of stony coral. It occurs in shallow water in the West Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea, sometimes as small solid heads and sometimes as unattached cone-shaped forms. Description M.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 118Cuba · 46France · 41Mexico · 41Netherlands · 10United Kingdom · 7