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Genera Coverage: Alveopora, Goniopora, Porites 

Related Articles: Large Polyp Stony CoralsStony or True Corals, Order Scleractinia, Dyed Corals,

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Poritid Corals, Family Poritidae

By Bob Fenner

 Porites sp. Fiji 

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Alveopora, Twelve tentacles per polyp. 

Goniopora, Twenty four tentacles per polyp. 

Porites, Highly variable colony structure... can be flat, encrusting, boulder-like or branching. Small, immersed corallites that are filled with septa. Usually open only at night.

 

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