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knob coral

Dipsastraea matthaii

Classification

Goniastrea stelligera, commonly known as knob coral, is a species of stony coral in the family Merulinidae. It occurs in shallow water on the coast of East Africa and in the Indo-Pacific region. This is a common species of coral but it seems to be decreasing in abundance.

Distribution

Koch T, Ivkić A, Jones L, Scharnhorst V, Stix C, Auer A, Schöchtner T, Özer G, Steinwender S, Wallace Daurella J, Zuschin M · CC BY
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