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Porites furcata : ウィキペディア英語版 | Porites furcata
''Porites furcata'', commonly known as hump coral, thin finger coral or branched finger coral, is a species of stony coral in the genus ''Porites''. It is found in the Caribbean Sea and western Atlantic Ocean. ==Description== ''Porites furcata'' is a colonial coral forming clumps of short, slender lobes with rounded tips, often densely packed together. It sometimes forms extensive patches several square metres (yards) in area. The colour of this coral is yellow or pale brown and the lobes grow to a diameter of . The interior parts of the coral often have a purplish tinge and are dead, perhaps killed off by the increased shading and lack of water circulation caused by newer growth above. This species is intermediate in appearance between ''Porites porites'' which has branches wide and ''Porites divaricata'', the branches of which are under wide.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=''Porites furcat'' Lamarck 1816 )〕
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