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Pocillopora grandis
With blue damselfish (Pomacentrus pavo) Moorea, French Polynesia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Class:	Hexacorallia
Order:	Scleractinia
Family:	Pocilloporidae
Genus:	Pocillopora
Species:	P. grandis
Binomial name
Pocillopora grandis Dana, 1846
Synonyms
List Pocillopora coronata Gardiner, 1897 Pocillopora elongata Dana, 1846 Pocillopora eydouxi Milne Edwards, 1860 Pocillopora rugosa Gardiner, 1897 Pocillopora symmetrica Thiel, 1932

Pocillopora grandis is a colonial species of stony coral in the family Pocilloporidae. It is known commonly as antler coral, and is found in the Indo-West Pacific to the Eastern Tropical Pacific.

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. Further distribution includes: the southwest and northeastern Indian Ocean, the central Indo-Pacific, tropical Australia, southern Japan and the South China Sea, the oceanic West Pacific, the central Pacific, the Hawaiian Islands and Johnston Atoll, the Far Eastern Pacific. In the Eastern Tropical Pacific region it is also found off the coasts of Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia and Ecuador.

References

1. ^ Hoeksema, Bert (2017). "Pocillopora grandis Dana, 1846". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
2. IUCNredlist.org

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