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Goniastrea

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Phylum
  
Cnidaria

Order
  
Scleractinia

Family
  
Merulinidae

Rank
  
Genus

Subclass
  
Hexacorallia

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Similar
  
Favites, Platygyra, Favia, Scleractinia, Echinopora

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Goniastrea is a genus of stony corals in the Merulinidae family. Species belonging to the genus Goniastrea forms massive colonies, usually spherical or elongate, with well developed paliform lobes. Polyps can be seen only at night.

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Goniastrea Goniastrea aspera Corals of the World Photos maps and

Goniastrea australensis zooplankton feed


Species

The following species are currently recognized by the World Register of Marine Species :

Goniastrea Goniastrea retiformis Corals of the World Photos maps and

  • Goniastrea aspera (Verrill, 1865)
  • Goniastrea australensis (Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1857)
  • Goniastrea columella Crossland, 1948
  • Goniastrea deformis Veron, 1990
  • Goniastrea edwardsi Chevalier, 1971
  • Goniastrea favulus (Dana, 1846)
  • Goniastrea minuta Veron, 2002
  • Goniastrea palauensis (Yabe, Sugiyama & Eguchi, 1936)
  • Goniastrea pectinata (Ehrenberg, 1834)
  • Goniastrea ramosa Veron, 2002
  • Goniastrea retiformis (Lamarck, 1816)
  • Goniastrea stelligera (Dana, 1846)
  • Goniastrea thecata Veron, DeVantier & Turak, 2002

    • Goniastrea Goniastrea retiformis Corals of the World Photos maps and

    Goniastrea Goniastrea Wikipedia la enciclopedia libre


    Goniastrea Saltwater Aquarium Corals for Marine Reef Aquariums Brain Coral

    References

    Goniastrea Wikipedia
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