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Hard corals


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Boulder corals
Family Faviidae
Platygyra sp.

Pulau Hantu 2003
Space on a coral reef is extremely limited, so when two colonies grow closely together, competition occurs at the boundary where they meet. This is one way reef organisms are limited in their growth.

 

 

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