Map the Giants corals marhe center bicocca

A Porites sp. from the Red Sea

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Here is an interesting discovery from the Red Sea. A giant ๐˜—๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ด sp. that seems to have broken off from its base and now rests at a depth of 9.5 meters. It was measured using an underwater tape, revealing it to be 5 meters high, 7 meters long, and 15 meters in circumference. Considering that part of it is dead as a result of the collapse, the colony is estimated to have 51-75% living tissue.

 

Map the Giants corals marhe center bicocca

Map the Giants corals marhe center bicocca
Porites sp. from the Red Sea