It was described by Brook in 1892 as " Madrepora tenella ".
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"Madrepora oculata " produces large amounts of mucus that is extracellular or outside the cell membranes.
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"Madrepora oculata " occurs as deep as and is one of a dozen species that occur globally and in all oceans, including the Subantarctic ( Cairns, 1982 ).