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Growth anomalies (GAs), one of the diseases recently reported for scleractinian corals, are characterized by an abnormal skeletal structure and reduced zooxanthella density. The pathological characteristics of GAs were studied in colonies of Porites australiensis on a reef in Kayo, Okinawa, Japan. Corallites in the GA region lost the skeletal architecture characteristic of P. australiensis, and polyp density had decreased in the GAs due to enlargement of both calices and the coenosteum. The gross productivity of isolated GA samples was lower than in healthy samples and decreased to almost 0 within 11 d after isolation. However, when GA samples were brought into contact with healthy-looking samples from the same colony, they fused and both the GA and healthy regions grew. Healthy samples fused with GA samples grew more slowly than those fused with healthy samples. For in situ GAs surrounded by healthy tissue, tissue death usually started at the center of the GA, probably due to a deficiency in the translocated energy supply from the surrounding tissue. The total area of the GA region and the dead area increased at a rate of 5.3 ± 2.9 cm2 yr-1. These results suggest that GA regions are maintained by energy supplies from surrounding healthy tissues and that GAs may have a negative impact on host corals.

Skeletal structure and progression of growth anomalies in Porites australiensis in Okinawa, Japan