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Bracket coral

Distributed throughout the Indian Ocean and the Pacific. In Japan, around the Amami Islands and Ryukyu Islands. A colony has a thin leaf-like shape, some individuals can grow large and exceed 1 meter. They inhabit reef slopes and areas of calm water, but are an uncommon species.

 

Scientific name Podabacia crustacea
English name Bracket coral

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