anemone coral
Goniopora columna
Classification
- Class
- Anthozoa
- Order
- Scleractinia
- Family
- Poritidae
Goniopora columna is a species of colonial stony coral in the family Poritidae. Distribution This species is native to the western and eastern Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean, including the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden, the Persian Gulf, Australia, South-east Asia, Japan and East China Sea. It can be found in Australia, Bahrain, Cambodia, China, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Fiji, Guam, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kuwait, Madagascar, Malaysia, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Micronesia, Mozambique.
Goniopora est un genre de scléractiniaires (coraux durs), de la famille des Poritidae. Description et caractéristiques Ces coraux possèdent des polypes très charnus, qu'ils gardent étendus pendant la journée. Ceux-ci peuvent se rétracter en cas de menace dans le squelette dur.
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Distribution
Sources and credits
DescriptionGoniopora columna, Wikipedia contributorsMore from the same family

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