species: Goniopora sp 1 in Lizard Island area: all known taxa (Lizard Island Field Guide)

Lizard Island area: all known taxa > Animalia > Cnidaria > Anthozoa > Hexacorallia > Scleractinia > Poritidae > Goniopora > Goniopora sp 1 (gallery)

Goniopora sp 1

©Anne Hoggett: Goniopora sp 1 at lagoon bommie, Lizard Island.

©Anne Hoggett: Goniopora sp 1 at lagoon bommie, Lizard Island. Fingernail is 1 cm wide.

Kingdom Animalia

Phylum Cnidaria

Class Hexacorallia

Order Scleractinia

Family Poritidae

Genus Goniopora

Species Goniopora sp 1

Colours

Colonies are dome-shaped and polyps have large oral discs.

Grace Frank suggests that this species could be Goniopora djiboutiensis or Goniopora columna or Goniopora lobata due to the large oral disks but skeletal characteristics are needed to determine which.