compact ivory bush coral

Oculina arbuscula

Classification

Class: Anthozoa
Order: Scleractinia
Family: Oculinidae

Oculina arbuscula is a branching temperate coral found along the east coast of the United States from Florida to North Carolina. It has a facultative symbiosis with microalgae of the family Symbiodiniaceae. Unlike tropical corals, O.

Distribution

compact ivory bush coral — (c) Steven Joyner, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 23

Sources and credits

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