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Oculina patagonica Angelis, 1908 |
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OCEANA |
| Family: | Oculinidae () | |||
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| Environment: | sessile; marine; depth range 0 - 40 m | |||
| Distribution: | Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea. | |||
| Diagnosis: | This species is both zooxanthellate and azooxanthellate with colonies encrusting and forms clumps of short, thick, highly fused branches. Corallites are crowded and have neat round exsert walls. Usually yellowish-brown in color. | |||
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| IUCN Red List Status: | (LC); Date assessed: 22 February 2022 Ref. 123251) | |||
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