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Updated 9/9/2021

Family Poritidae

INDO-PACIFIC

Goniopora pedunculata

Moon Beach, Okinawa, Japan, 10 feet

 

Onna Pt., Okinawa, Japan, 30 feet

LESSER GONIOPORA

Common in lagoons and channels.  Encrusting or domed, calices 3-5mm in diameter, extended tentacles (24) short, brown or dark green, small oral cones and tentacle tips white or pink.  Indo-Pacific excluding Hawaii.  Formerly known as Goniopora minor.