Figure 2. Surf-adapted corals of the fringing-reef unit at Maraa and Tiarei.

(a), Small, bioeroded colonies of compact-branching Pocillopora sp. in a skeletal sand-gravel matrix (Maara). (b), Dense biofabric of encrusting sheets of Montipora sp. in skeletal sand-gravel matrix (Maara). (c), Compact branching colony of Pocillopora verrucosa showing bioerosion by clionid sponges, and skeletal/volcanic sand-gravel matrix (Tiarei).