. Bulletin. Science; Natural history; Natural history. Bull. Southern California Acad. Sci. 89(3), 1990, pp. 137-138 © Southern C^fomia Academy of Sciences, 1990 Research Notes The Tropical Colonial Stony Coral Tubastrea coccinea at Cabo San Lucas, Mexico Three coralla of the tropical stony coral Tubastrea coccinea Lesson, 1829 (see Wells 1983 for list of junior synonyms) were collected on July 17, 1989 at 4 m depth from the north side of a granite islet at Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico. The live specimens were brilliant orange in color. The two largest coralla are 10 cm (Fig. 1)

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. Bulletin. Science; Natural history; Natural history. Bull. Southern California Acad. Sci. 89(3), 1990, pp. 137-138 © Southern C^fomia Academy of Sciences, 1990 Research Notes The Tropical Colonial Stony Coral Tubastrea coccinea at Cabo San Lucas, Mexico Three coralla of the tropical stony coral Tubastrea coccinea Lesson, 1829 (see Wells 1983 for list of junior synonyms) were collected on July 17, 1989 at 4 m depth from the north side of a granite islet at Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico. The live specimens were brilliant orange in color. The two largest coralla are 10 cm (Fig. 1) and 15 cm in diameters and each has approximately 100 corallites. The smallest corallum is 3 cm in diameter and has 15 Fig. 1. Colonial stony coral Tubastrea coccinea. 137. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Southern California Academy of Sciences. Los Angeles, Calif. : The Academy

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