Figure 7
From: Integrated evidence reveals a new species in the ancient blue coral genus Heliopora (Octocorallia)
Heliopora is a resilient coral genus that has proven to be resistant to bleaching mortality11,37,38,39. For example, in 2016, coral communities at Scott Reef were devastated by coral bleaching33. When the status of the community was examined in a post-bleaching biodiversity survey in 2017, remnant colonies of both H. hiberniana sp. nov. (A, B) and H. coerulea (C) were intact. (D) Heliopora coerulea grows in a wide range of habitats including the hostile upper reef flat in the Kimberley, NW Australia.
