The oldest coral on the reefis probably a species of Porites, known as bouldercoral, which is about 1000 years old and grows onlyone centimetre each year.

• 这片礁地上最古老的珊瑚大概是一种被称为“石珊瑚”的“滨珊瑚”,大约有1000的历史了,每年只生长1厘米。