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Porites Compressa Video Stock Footage

Porites compressa is generally pale brown or grey. In shallow water it resembles a knobbly boulder but in deeper water it is more columnar. The branches are cylindrical and often fuse together. The growth rate is slow but it often grows into large colonies which may be up to 1000 years old. It is a zooxanthellate coral, having symbiotic unicellular zooxanthellae in the tissues which provide it with energy. Learn more about Porites Compressa


View related species in family group: Coral and Sea Whip

Animalia: Cnidaria: Scleractinia: Anthozoa: Poritidae: Porites compressa

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