species: Tubipora sp. 2 in Lizard Island area: all known taxa (Lizard Island Field Guide)

Lizard Island area: all known taxa > Animalia > Cnidaria > Anthozoa > Octocorallia > Malacalcyonacea > Tubiporidae > Tubipora > Tubipora sp. 2 (gallery)

Tubipora sp. 2

©Anne Hoggett: Tubipora sp. 2 colony about 10 cm wide at Big Vicki's Reef, Lizard Island.

©Anne Hoggett: Tubipora sp. 2 at Big Vicki's Reef, Lizard Island.

Kingdom Animalia

Phylum Cnidaria

Class Anthozoa

Order Malacalcyonacea

Family Tubiporidae

Genus Tubipora

Species Tubipora sp. 2

Colours

Colony almost spherical, appears hairy due to polyps with long, thin, green, pinnate tentacles.