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Porites rus Forsskal 1775, Plate and Pillar Coral. Variable in shape as its common name points to. Upright columns more shallow to gorgeous plates deeper, more calm waters. Gray to brown in color, often with yellow polyps that have wider spaced calyces, raised areas between polyps. Both morphs visible here at Honaunau, City of refuge, Kailua, Kona, Hawai'i 2014. 

Pavona varians Verrill 1864. Colonies encrusting to laminar, showing short, irregular valleys. Kona 2012
 
Pavona varians Verrill 1864. Colonies encrusting to laminar, showing short, irregular valleys. Kona 2012
 
Montipora capitata (Dana 1846), Rice Coral. Encrusting to massive colonies to thin plates in calm water. Dark to light brown  in color. Hawaiian endemic. Structural elements of polyps appear like grains of rice. Kona 2012
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