Flowerpot Corals
Goniopora
Goniopora, often called flowerpot 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.
23 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Goniopora fruticosa
speciesGoniopora fruticosa
White-coned flowerpot coral
speciesGoniopora albiconus
Goniopora lobata
speciesGoniopora lobata
Goniopora stokesi
speciesGoniopora stokesi
Goniopora columna
speciesGoniopora columna
Goniopora tenuidens
speciesGoniopora tenuidens
Goniopora pedunculata
speciesGoniopora pedunculata
Goniopora djiboutiensis
speciesGoniopora djiboutiensis
Goniopora palmensis
speciesGoniopora palmensis
Goniopora tenella
speciesGoniopora tenella
Goniopora pandoraensis
speciesGoniopora pandoraensis
Goniopora burgosi
speciesGoniopora burgosi
Goniopora pendulus
speciesGoniopora pendulus
Goniopora planulata
speciesGoniopora planulata
Goniopora savignyi
speciesGoniopora savignyi
Goniopora pearsoni
speciesGoniopora pearsoni
Goniopora cellulosa
speciesGoniopora cellulosa
Goniopora ciliatus
speciesGoniopora ciliatus
Goniopora polyformis
speciesGoniopora polyformis
Goniopora norfolkensis
speciesGoniopora norfolkensis
Goniopora eclipsensis
speciesGoniopora eclipsensis
Goniopora somaliensis
speciesGoniopora somaliensis
Goniopora sultani
speciesGoniopora sultani
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 88581.