Goniopora minor
Crossland, 1952
Colonies are hemispherical or encrusting. Calices are circular in outline, with thick walls. There are usually six thick pali which are in contact, forming a crown. All septal structures are heavily granulated.
Colour:
Brown or green, usually with distinctively coloured oral discs and pale tips to the tentacles.
Habitat:
Subtidal reef environments, especially lagoons.
Abundance:
Common.
Similar species:
Goniopora tenuidens
Taxonomic note:
Source reference: Veron (2000). Taxonomic reference: Veron and Pichon (1982). Additional identification guides: Randall and Myers (1983), Veron (1986), Sheppard and Sheppard (1991), Nishihira and Veron (1995).
Map
displaying probable distribution of species. Points indicate recorded sightings from OBIS.
Goniopora minor .
Ningaloo Reefs, western Australia.
Colonies are massive or lobed.
Charlie Veron.
Goniopora minor .
Houtman Abrolhos Islands, south-western Australia.
A typically even cover of fully extended polyps.
Charlie Veron.
Goniopora minor .
Ryukyu Islands, Japan.
Colonies commonly have partly retracted polyps.
Charlie Veron.
Goniopora minor .
Philippines.
A carpet of tentacles.
Charlie Veron.
Goniopora minor .
null.
Polyps have pointed tentacle tips.
Ed Lovell.
Goniopora minor .
Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
Showing corallites.
Goniopora minor .
Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
Showing corallites.
Goniopora minor .
Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
Showing corallites.
Goniopora minor .
Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
Showing corallites.
Goniopora minor .
Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
Showing whole colony.
