Aulopora macrostoma (coral) encrusting
Tabulipora maculosa (bryozoan) combination

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Discussion:

A branching colony of Aulopora growing on a bryozoan branch.

Viewer comments:

The colony covers only one side of the bryozoan branch, indicating
the branch was broken and lay on the seafloor when the coral settled
on it and started to grow.

Tom Yancey

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