Goniastrea palauensis

(Yabe, Sugiyama, and Eguchi, 1936)

Honeycomb Coral

Range: Indo-West Pacific Ocean: Madagascar, Seychelles, Maldives, Japan, East China Sea, and south to Australia.

Natural Environment: Inhabits shallow protected reef slopes and intertidal areas and usually seen at depths between 3 to 50 feet (1 - 15 m).

General Husbandry: Occasionally seen in the trade.

See Goniastrea aspera for suggested aquarium husbandry.

Taxonomy:

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Cnidaria

Class: Anthozoa

Subclass: Hexacorallia

Order: Scleractinia

Family: Faviidae

Genus: Goniastrea

FYI: In the wild, form massive and usually flattened colonies with high walled corallites, and usually brown or dull green with contrasting oral discs.