Genus Goniastrea

Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848

Goniastrea palauensis (2)

Type species: Goniastrea retiformis (Lamarck, 1816)

Total number of species estimated: 8

Characteristics: .Ceroid, forming massive, subspherical colonies by mono- to tristomodaeal budding, permanent condition monocentric. Walls septothecal. Septa with prominent internal lobes. Columella parietal, feeble.

Range: Indo-Pacific

%LABEL% (%SOURCE%)