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Genus Leptoseris Edwards & Haime 1849. /WA Coral: encrusting or
plates often growing in shaded areas • widely spaced corallites that may be
inclined to the margin • corallites can cluster within pockets (raised rounded
walls) • similar to Pavona.
Found in both the Atlantic and
Indo-Pacific (rest of genera found in Indo-Pacific only). Colonies
either laminar (blade like) or encrusting. Frequently have striations
on fronds. N. Sulawesi
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Gardineroseris
poss. N. Sulawesi
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Paramontastrea peresi (Faure & Pichon 1978). /COTW:
Characters: Colonies are encrusting and
helmet-shaped, with neatly scalloped lower margins. Corallites are
angular and characteristically aligned in short shallow radiating
valleys at the colony margin. Septa are strongly beaded. A small
neat paliform crown is usually present. Budding is both intra- and
extratentacular.
Colour: Pinkish-tan.
Similar
Species: Unlike other Goniastrea. Goniastrea aspera does
not have corallites aligned in valleys. See also G. palauensis and Favites abdita.
Habitat: Shallow
reef environments.
Abundance: Common.
Taxonomic Note: Placed in Paramontastrea by Huang,
Benzoni, Fukami et al. (2014). Possibly warrants a separate
genus.
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A Bryozoan, perhaps a Bugula species. N. Sulawesi pic. |
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