Poritesis among one of the first coral groups the budding stony coral reefers learn to identify but as recognizable as this genus is,Porites在野礁中比我们的水族馆更容易在野生珊瑚礁上。在世界各地Poritescorals make up a big percentage of the coral cover found on certain reefs, and this corals’ dominance is well represented at Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands.
Particularly in the Pacific Ocean you can find the three most common types ofPorites生长形式;分支，大规模和两者的组合。Porites cylindricais the quintessential branchingPoriteswhich is found in a grey and a bright yellow color, sometimes intermixed into sprawling fields of white or yellow fingers.Porites luteais the cardholder for the most common species of massively growingPorites，这种物种经常被黄色，浅棕色或美丽的蓝紫色。就像我们一样chronicled in Mauritius, huge boulders ofPoritesin purple mounds abound on the reefs of Kwajalein.
By and large, the highly plastic growth form ofPorites俄文是马歇斯礁的非官方之王，在每个地点和每一个深度的Pccurring，在一系列生长中，从大规模到分支，电镀到镶嵌。与前面的两个一样Poritesspecies,P. rus也发生在黄色和蓝色的灰色，但这个物种展示的主要级别呈现为珊瑚的大规模大教堂，为优雅的紫色女王Anthias学校创造了天堂般的背景, Pseudanthias tuka.
In addition to the inherent beauty each of these three types ofPoritesdisplay, their sheer abundance in the Marshall Islands guarantees that at many points the different colors and different shapes meet each other in various ways to create endless fields ofPoritesreefs. Branching next to massive, yellow next to blue, and every combination in between means thatPoritesis one of the most important reef builders of south Pacific atolls and while we don’t have the space to enjoy these creations in our own aquariums, the following images reveal how gorgeous the merger of different ofPoritescorals appears in their natural environment.
