Mound Coral

Porites lutea

Classification

Class: Anthozoa
Order: Scleractinia
Family: Poritidae

Porites lutea is a species of stony coral in the family Poritidae. It is found growing in very shallow water on reefs in the Indo-Pacific region. It sometimes forms "microatolls" in the intertidal zone and these massive structures have been used to study trends in sea levels and sea water temperature.

Distribution

Mound Coral — (c) Ryan McMinds，保留部分权利（CC BY） · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

France · 30Mexico · 6

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Ryan McMinds，保留部分权利（CC BY） · CC-BY DescriptionPorites lutea, Wikipedia contributors

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