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Lesser Star Coral

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Field Notes

Description:

A very common hard coral in these parts.

Habitat:

Widespread in the Indo-West Pacific.

Reference Links:

Lesser star coral (Goniastrea edwardsi)

Species ID Suggestions

coral massive

Goniastrea edwardsi
AlvinAngeloA.Salting
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Comments (4)
Blogie
Good suggestion, Alvin. Will do that from now on. :)
AlvinAngeloA.Salting
just trying to do my share... by the way, for those of you guys who really take the time to photograph corals, it would be of great help for the identification if you can take shots on a macro scale to include some fine details of the coralites. thanks mucho!
Blogie
Thanks for the ID, Alvin! And welcome to Project Noah! :)

Spotted for Missions

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Global Coral Reef Monitoring
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Davao Gulf Marine Life
Mission
Philippine Coral Survey

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PublishedJanuary 25, 2012

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