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Physogyra lichtensteini
Physogyra lichtensteini (Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1851)
Pearl bubble coral
Physogyra lichtensteini
photo by Palomares, Maria Lourdes D.

Family:  Plerogyridae ()
Max. size: 
Environment:  reef-associated; marine; depth range 0 - 40 m
Distribution:  Indo-West Pacific: Japan to Australia and Red Sea to Fiji.
Diagnosis:  Colonies are massive or form thick plates and meandroid in form with short, widely separated valleys. Tentacles are extended only at night and during the day the whole colony surface is covered with a mass of vesicles. Pale gray sometimes dull green in color.
Biology:  Found in turbid environments (Ref. 847). Has very high bleaching level and high to near mortality of polyps in Palau (Ref. 66144).
IUCN Red List Status: Vulnerable (VU); Date assessed: 03 January 2008 (A4cd) Ref. 123251)
Threat to humans: 
Country info:   
 

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