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Scientific Name: Goniopora tenuidens (Quelch, 1886)
English Name: Blue purple goniopora
Local/Bangla Name: Not Known.
Photo: GBIF
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Anthozoa
Order: Scleractinia
Family: Poritidae
Description:
Colonies exhibit a massive, hemispherical, or irregular structure. The corallites are rounded, featuring thin walls and six distinct paliform lobes. Polyps are densely arranged, consistent in length, and have tentacles of uniform size. The coloration is consistently uniform in blue (which may appear pink in photographs), green, or brown, occasionally with white tips on the tentacles.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Saint Martin’s Island
Environment:
Marine
Main References:
Haider SMB, Islam MT, Atiya MSI & Mahbub-E-Kibria M (2022) Present scenario of coral diversity at Saint Martin’s Island, Bangladesh. International Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Studies, 10(3): 01-15.
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