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porous lettuce coral

Oxypora lacera

Classification

Oxypora lacera, the ragged chalice coral or porous lettuce coral, is a species of large polyp stony corals in the family Lobophylliidae. It is a colonial coral which can be submassive, encrusting or laminar. It is native to the western Indo-Pacific.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
France · 16