Species
daisy coral
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumCnidaria
- ClassAnthozoa
- OrderScleractinia
- FamilyPoritidae
Habitatmarine
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1,185
- With media
- 23
- Family
- Poritidae
- Collections
- NHMUK
- Recorded in
- Indonesia
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Encyclopedic overview
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thumb|A variety of Goniopora sp.
Goniopora, commonly referred to as flowerpot coral or daisy coral, is a genus of colonial stony coral found in lagoons and turbid water conditions. Goniopora have numerous daisy-like polyps that extend outward from the base, each tipped with 24 stinging tentacles which surrounds a mouth.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Goniopora” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.