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Madracis kirbyi
Madracis kirbyi Veron & Pichon, 1976
Ten coral
photo by Veron, Charlie (J.E.N.)

Family:  Pocilloporidae ()
Max. size: 
Environment:  reef-associated; marine; depth range 1 - 60 m
Distribution:  Indo-West Pacific.
Diagnosis:  Colonies are laminar, encrusting or columnar, columns are club-shaped. Corallites are subcerioid and closely compact. Oral disc is green or white and the coenosteum mottled brown or reddish-brown.
Biology:  Found in most reef environments especially in turbid ones (Ref. 847).
IUCN Red List Status: (LC); Date assessed: 03 January 2008 Ref. 123251)
Threat to humans: 
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