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In the Hawaiian language, a black coral is called ʻēkaha kū moana ("hard bush growing in the sea"); it is the official state gem of Hawaii. [5] In Malay , the corals are called akah bahar ("root of the sea"), likely named for their tendency to grow at low-light depths.
The Royal Hawaiian closed on June 1, 2008, for renovation. It reopened on January 20, 2009 [10] as a member of The Luxury Collection. An extended renovation of the Royal Beach Tower was completed in 2010. The Royal Hawaiian Hotel is a member of Historic Hotels of America, [11] the official program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
Royal Hawaiian may refer to: Royal Hawaiian Hotel, Honolulu; Royal Hawaiian Center, a retail complex in Waikiki; Royal Hawaiian Band, the oldest and only full-time ...
The Hawaiian Islands comprise 137 islands and atolls, with a land area of 6,423.4 square miles (16,636.5 km 2). [2] This archipelago and its oceans are physiographically and ethnologically part of the Polynesian subregion of Oceania .
Antipathes dichotoma is a species of colonial coral in the order Antipatharia, the black corals, so named because their calcareous skeletons are black.It was first described by the German zoologist and botanist Peter Simon Pallas in 1766, from a single specimen he received from near Marseilles in the Mediterranean Sea.
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White "black coral". Gooseneck barnacles are attached to a branch in the lower right center. In the deep waters off Malta in the Mediterranean Sea, Leiopathes glaberrima is the dominant species in what have been called "coral gardens", where it is associated with other scleractinian corals, gorgonians and zoanthids. The areas are characterised ...
Coral Creek G.C. Ewa Beach G.C. Hawaii Country Club, Wahiawa [2] Hawaii Kai G.C. (Championship Course • Executive Course (9 hole Par 3)). Designed by William Bell and Robert Trent Jones, Sr. Hawaii Prince G.C. (A Nines • B Nines • C Nines) Kapolei G.C. – host to the Pacific Links Hawai'i Championship; Ke'alohi G.C., Hickam Course