Porites Cylindrica
波利特人，玻璃物，波利特人，这是在所有世界海洋中发现的常见珊瑚属。porites是一种以多种形式生长的强壮珊瑚，要识别此珊瑚属，您只需要重复该名称“Porites”to remember what sets this coral apart from the crowd, small corallites that look like pores covering the surface of the coral.
但是，该博客的长期阅读可能已经准备好毕业，并转移了高级珊瑚的发现水平，超越了更广泛的范围genus groupand narrowing down your search to the species level. Becoming an expert in coral identification, at the species level, takes years to master, and personally I am still on this path, however, there are some key resources which can help you narrow down the search. One of the most classic coral resources is the book Corals of the World which also has a searchable在线平台。
While scuba diving in饶印度尼西亚今年早些时porites珊瑚。我以前从未见过这样的栖息地，所以我一定会拍摄尽可能多的图片。
礁石沿着倾斜的海岸线深6-12m。礁石在饶和莫罗泰岛之间的水道附近靠近饶岛。我马上就知道我发现了porites珊瑚，但在土地上花了一点调查才知道我已经发现了Porites Cylindrica。
殖民地Porites Cylindrica是分支，有时具有包裹的基础。珊瑚岩是浅的，分支的表面光滑，通常是奶油，黄色，蓝色或绿色。Porites Cylindrica可能是泻湖中的主要物种或后礁边缘，我们绝对可以在王岛（Rao Island）潜水时找到他们喜欢的栖息地。
Porites Cylindrica是一个容易记住的珊瑚，因为这个名字几乎与它们的描述性一样！该珊瑚具有短的圆柱形树枝，表面光滑，细小的珊瑚岩嵌入骨骼中，使其看起来好像被微小的毛孔覆盖，因此Porites Cylindrica。
当潜水水下森林Porites我们search for rare color varieties or unique colony formations and what stood out the most were these brilliant blue colonies. Next time you head out for a dive in the Indo-Pacific keeps your eyes out for this shallow, hardy species, and if you’re lucky you may even spot one of these bright blue colonies.
