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Shots from Ligpo
These are photos I took on a number of trips to Ligpo Island.
Please keep in mind that these images are my property :)

Name that Coral!

Left: Typical coral assemblage in the shallows.
Photo Horge/Jorge Ligpo Island.....Depth 2m

Top: Identification key for the corals at left.
1. Popcorn Coral Pocillopora sp..
2. Popcorn Coral Pocillopora sp.
3. Bird's Nest Coral Pocillopora sp.(?)
4. Staghorn Coral Acropora sp.(?)
5. Closed Brain CoralFavia sp. / Favites sp.?
6. Xenia Xenia sp., a soft coral.
Upper Left: A branchy species of Fire Coral, in a vast field of the more common ridge-form.

Upper Right: In a tight spot. The water is almost too shallow to maneuver in, and we've wall-to-wall 'Fire' coral. I experienced no stinging, though the coral itself looked quite abrasive.

Left: A green Tabletop Staghorn (Acropora sp.) has managed to colonize a spot on the aforementioned field of Fire Coral. It will now try to kill off the surrounding Fire Coral by shading it from sunlight, in order to acquire more real estate to colonize.

all photos by Horge/Jorge Ligpo Island.