Summary ²

Manicina areolata, commonly known as rose coral, is a colonial species of stony coral in the family Faviidae. It occurs in shallow water in the West Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea, sometimes as small solid heads and sometimes as unattached cone-shaped forms.

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1. (c) James St. John, some rights reserved (CC BY), https://www.flickr.com/photos/jsjgeology/15469532414/
2. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manicina_areolata

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