Goniastrea retfiormis

(Lamarck, 1816)

Honeycomb Coral, Pineapple Coral

Range: Indo-West Pacific Ocean: Red Sea Madagascar, Seychelles, Maldives, Indonesia, Japan, South 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: Not collected for the trade.

Taxonomy:

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Cnidaria

Class: Anthozoa

Subclass: Hexacorallia

Order: Scleractinia

Family: Faviidae

Genus: Goniastrea

FYI: In the wild, form massive round, flat or columnar colonies with corallites having four to six sides and usually cream or pale brown, yet occasionally brown, pink or green.

Shown here for identification only.

If becoming available would have the same aquarium husbandry as Goniastrea aspera.