Watermelon Chalice is a stunning coral

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While diving in North Sulawesi, we came across a fantastic small colony of Oxypora lacera, the Watermelon Chalice. While this color morph is quite common in Australia, it’s quite rare in Indonesia.

The very ornamented costae running in between corallites is a classic feature of Oxypora.

The perfect red colony color, with a green growth edge, gave it the Watermelon name. But the gold polyp mouth is really a great additional feature.

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