Plesiastrea versipora
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plesiastrea-versipora-318-9790019
title:
Plesiastrea versipora
text:
Plesiastrea versipora is an encrusting coral found in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is of interest because of its ability to thrive in both tropical and temperate environments, and to grow massive. Existing massive colonies of P. versipora can be long lived, and so analysis of their internal composition allows deducing the climatic records of past decades and centuries, at localities where the corals grow. Being the only coral genus in temperate waters that is capable of growing massive, P.
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Stony encrusting coral
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plesiastrea_versipora
date created:
date modified:
2021-11-19T22:26:11Z
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image:
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fields total:
13
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15