Cauliflower corals  (Pocillopora spp.)

Range

Pocillopora corals are distributed widely in the Indian and Pacific Oceans (3).

View a distribution map for this species at UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre.

Habitat

Cauliflower corals occur in habitats ranging from exposed reef fronts to protected lagoons and lower reef slopes. One species, P. molokensis, occurs only in deep water (3).

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