Coral Description
Taxonomy:
Kingdom: Animalia >> Phylum: Cnidaria >> Class: Anthozoa >> Order: Scleractinia >> Family: Pocilloporidae
Appearance:
- Small, upright bushes
- Branch ends are flat/blunt
- Branches are curved when viewed from above
- Verrucae are uniform
- Branches radiate from initial point of growth
Colour: Most commonly cream, green or pink
Similar species: Pocillopora kelleheri is less compact and usually slightly plating, P. verrucosa has larger verrucae.
Habitat: Most commonly exposed reef fronts
Pocillopora meandrina coral colony
coral colony
Pocillopora meandrina coral colony
coral colony
![Pocillopora meandrina Coral bleaching Hulhudhoo Maldives April 2016 [LG 2016] [1080]](https://marinesavers.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Pocillopora-meandrina-Coral-bleaching-Hulhudhoo-Maldives-April-2016-LG-2016-1080.jpg)
Pocillopora meandrina coral bleaching Hulhudhoo Maldives April 2016
Coral bleaching
Pocillopora meandrina coral branch
coral branch
![Pocillopora Coral bleaching meandrina [1080]](https://marinesavers.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Pocillopora-Coral-bleaching-meandrina-1080.jpg)
Pocillopora meandrina fragment Coral bleaching
fragment coral bleaching
Pocillopora meandrina coral skeleton
coral skeleton
Pocillopora meandrina skeleton closeup of verrucae
closeup of verrucae
Pocillopora meandrina vivid fluorescence
vivid fluorescence
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