Asian Diver – March 2018

Reference: http://coral.aims.gov.au/info/spatial.jsp

Caribbean Sea

South

Atlantic Ocean

Gulf of Mexico

Flower

Garden Banks

Cuba

Brazil

Coral Sea:

Fungia concinna

East China Sea (South Korea):

Blastomussa wellsi

Philippine Sea (Guam):

Diploastrea heliopora

Java Sea (Jakarta):

Acropora elseyi

Banda Sea (Indonesia):

Coscinaraea monile

Indian Ocean (Madagascar):

Echinopora lamellosa

Arabian Sea (Oman):

Goniopora stokesi

Mediterranean (Greece):

Cladocora caespitosa

Caribbean Sea (Cuba):

Porites astreoides

Gulf of Mexico (Flower Garden Banks):

Siderastrea radians

South Atlantic Ocean (Brazil):

Madracis decactis

Madracis decactis

Porites astreoides

Siderastrea radians

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