Mustard Hill Coral

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Porites astreoides, commonly known as mustard hill coral or yellow porites, is a colonial species of stony coral in the family Poritidae. It is a common species in the Caribbean Sea and western tropical Atlantic Ocean in North, Central, and South America; and the eastern tropical Atlantic Ocean in western Africa. Description When it grows in fast-flowing, shallow water, Porites astreoides is encrusting but in calmer water at medium depths it is a massive coral with a smooth, mounded, semi-spherical form and can grow to 60 centimetres (24 in) in diameter.

Porites astreoides también llamado coral mostaza es una especie de coral que pertenece a la familia Poritidae. Descripción Las colonias de Porites astreoides suelen ser masivas, pero a menudo son incrustantes. Generalmente son pequeñas, pero pueden alcanzar varios metros de diámetro.