Long Lost Elkhorn of Looe Key
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With the decline of coral throughout the keys, any healthy specimens are a welcome sight.This cluster of Elkhorn coral is particularly encouraging to see.Elkhorn CoralAcropora palmataLooe Key Sanctuary Preservation AreaFlorida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (FKNMS)Monore County, Florida, USAOlympus OM-D E-M5 Mark IIOlympus 14-42mm II R LensPT-EP13 Underwater Housing, PPZR-EP02 Lens Port & 14-42mm Zoom GearI try to identify species using Reef Coral Identification/ Reef Creature Identification - Humann/Deloach (Second Edition 2002) but I'm by no means an expert. View on iNaturalist
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- Life (biota)
- Cellular
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Opisthokonta (opisthokonts)
- Metazoa (animals)
- Cnidaria (cnidarians)
- Anthozoa (anemones and corals)
- Hexacorallia (hexacorallians)
- Scleractinia (stony corals)
- Acroporidae (staghorn corals)
- Acropora (Staghorn corals)
- Acropora palmata (Elkhorn Coral)
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