WoRMS taxon details
Goniopora somaliensis Vaughan, 1907
207212 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:207212)
accepted
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Vaughan TW (1907). Some madreporarian corals from French Somaliland, East Africa, collected by Dr Ch. Gravier. Proceedings of the U.S. National Museum 32: 249-266. [details]
Type locality contained in Somali Exclusive Economic Zone
, Note Somalia (Veron, 1986).
type locality contained in Somali Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
From other sources
Type locality Somalia (Veron, 1986). [details]
Description Coralla are generally leafy, forming large, thick plates. Columns may develop, but these are not like other columnar...
Description Coralla are generally leafy, forming large, thick plates. Columns may develop, but these are not like other columnar species of Goniopora which typically have dead basal portions and knob-like living tips, but support live polyps throughout and are tapering. These are uncommon, and they have corallites identical to the usual, plate form (see both b/w photos - second one is a column). Corallites are 2.5 - 3.5 mm diameter, and very shallow, giving a smooth appearance. Found in overhangs and in darkened areas of reef slopes, but commonest on steep slopes in clear and moderately turbid habitats. (Sheppard, 1998 <308>)
Colonies are thick or thin encrusting plates with shallow calices forming a smooth surface. Calices are 2.8-4 mm in diameter. Polyps are short and cylindrical with pointed tentacles. They are usually retracted during the day. Colour: usually grey. Abundance: Uncommon, large colonies (which may be over 2 m in diameter) are conspicuous. They are usually found under overhangs. (Veron, 1986 <57>) [details]
Colonies are thick or thin encrusting plates with shallow calices forming a smooth surface. Calices are 2.8-4 mm in diameter. Polyps are short and cylindrical with pointed tentacles. They are usually retracted during the day. Colour: usually grey. Abundance: Uncommon, large colonies (which may be over 2 m in diameter) are conspicuous. They are usually found under overhangs. (Veron, 1986 <57>) [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2024). World List of Scleractinia. Goniopora somaliensis Vaughan, 1907. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207212 on 2024-04-24
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original description
Vaughan TW (1907). Some madreporarian corals from French Somaliland, East Africa, collected by Dr Ch. Gravier. Proceedings of the U.S. National Museum 32: 249-266. [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Veron JEN. (1986). Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific. <em>Angus & Robertson Publishers.</em> [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (1999). Appendix: List of extant stony corals. <em>Atoll Research Bulletin.</em> 459: 13-46.
page(s): 37 [details]
additional source Randall RH. (2003). An annotated checklist of hydrozoan and scleractinian corals collected from Guam and other Mariana Islands. <em>Micronesica.</em> 35-36: 121-137.
page(s): 132 [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Veron JEN. (2000). Corals of the World. Vol. 1–3. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science and CRR, Queensland, Australia.</em> [details]
additional source Veron JEN, Pichon M. (1982). Scleractinia of Eastern Australia – Part IV. Family Poritidae. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science Monograph Series.</em> 5: 1-159. [details]
additional source Pichon, M.; Benzoni, F. (2007). Taxonomic re-appraisal of zooxanthellate Scleractinian Corals in the Maldive Archipelago. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1441: 21–33.
page(s): 30 [details]
additional source Gravier C. (1911). Les récifs de coraux et les Madréporaires de la baie de Tadjourah (Golfe d'Aden). <em>Annales de l'Institut Océanographique de Monaco.</em> 2 (3): 1-101, pls 1-12. [details]
additional source Veron JEN, Marsh LM. (1988). Hermatypic corals of Western Australia : records and annotated species list. <em>Records Western Australian Museum Supplement.</em> 29: 1-136., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.60555
page(s): 29, 69 [details]
additional source Randall RH, Myers RF. (1983). The corals. Guide to the Coastal Resources of Guam: Vol. 2. <em>University of Guam Press, Guam, pp. 128.</em> [details]
additional source Veron, J. E. N. (2000). Corals of the World, Volume III: Families Mussidae, Faviidae, Trachyphylliidae, Poritidae. Australian Institute of Marine Science. Townsville., volume 3, pp. 490.
page(s): 358-359 [details]
additional source Maragos, J. E.; Kenyon, J. (2004). Rose Atoll coral data compiled from US Fish and Wildlife Service 1994, Townsend Cromwell 2002, and Sette 2004 surveys [Table 10]. UNPUBLISHED, Unpublished
page(s): 1 [details]
additional source Wells JW. (1954). Recent corals of the Marshall Islands: Bikini and nearby atolls, part 2, oceanography (biologic). <em>U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper.</em> 260(I): 385-486.
page(s): 393, 400, 450, pl. 163 [details]
additional source Wallace, C. C.; Fellegara, I.; Muir, P. R.; Harrison, P. L. (2009). The scleractinian corals of Moreton Bay, eastern Australia: high latitude, marginal assemblages with increasing species richness. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 54, 2
page(s): 9, 12 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Veron JEN. (1986). Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific. <em>Angus & Robertson Publishers.</em> [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (1999). Appendix: List of extant stony corals. <em>Atoll Research Bulletin.</em> 459: 13-46.
page(s): 37 [details]
additional source Randall RH. (2003). An annotated checklist of hydrozoan and scleractinian corals collected from Guam and other Mariana Islands. <em>Micronesica.</em> 35-36: 121-137.
page(s): 132 [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Veron JEN. (2000). Corals of the World. Vol. 1–3. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science and CRR, Queensland, Australia.</em> [details]
additional source Veron JEN, Pichon M. (1982). Scleractinia of Eastern Australia – Part IV. Family Poritidae. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science Monograph Series.</em> 5: 1-159. [details]
additional source Pichon, M.; Benzoni, F. (2007). Taxonomic re-appraisal of zooxanthellate Scleractinian Corals in the Maldive Archipelago. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1441: 21–33.
page(s): 30 [details]
additional source Gravier C. (1911). Les récifs de coraux et les Madréporaires de la baie de Tadjourah (Golfe d'Aden). <em>Annales de l'Institut Océanographique de Monaco.</em> 2 (3): 1-101, pls 1-12. [details]
additional source Veron JEN, Marsh LM. (1988). Hermatypic corals of Western Australia : records and annotated species list. <em>Records Western Australian Museum Supplement.</em> 29: 1-136., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.60555
page(s): 29, 69 [details]
additional source Randall RH, Myers RF. (1983). The corals. Guide to the Coastal Resources of Guam: Vol. 2. <em>University of Guam Press, Guam, pp. 128.</em> [details]
additional source Veron, J. E. N. (2000). Corals of the World, Volume III: Families Mussidae, Faviidae, Trachyphylliidae, Poritidae. Australian Institute of Marine Science. Townsville., volume 3, pp. 490.
page(s): 358-359 [details]
additional source Maragos, J. E.; Kenyon, J. (2004). Rose Atoll coral data compiled from US Fish and Wildlife Service 1994, Townsend Cromwell 2002, and Sette 2004 surveys [Table 10]. UNPUBLISHED, Unpublished
page(s): 1 [details]
additional source Wells JW. (1954). Recent corals of the Marshall Islands: Bikini and nearby atolls, part 2, oceanography (biologic). <em>U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper.</em> 260(I): 385-486.
page(s): 393, 400, 450, pl. 163 [details]
additional source Wallace, C. C.; Fellegara, I.; Muir, P. R.; Harrison, P. L. (2009). The scleractinian corals of Moreton Bay, eastern Australia: high latitude, marginal assemblages with increasing species richness. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 54, 2
page(s): 9, 12 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Nontype WAM 754-86, geounit Ashmore-Cartier Is. [details]
Nontype WAM 852-86, geounit Ashmore-Cartier Is. [details]
Nontype WAM 867-86, geounit Ashmore-Cartier Is. [details]
Nontype WAM 926-86, geounit Ashmore-Cartier Is. [details]
From editor or global species database
Biology zooxanthellate [details]From other sources
Description Coralla are generally leafy, forming large, thick plates. Columns may develop, but these are not like other columnar species of Goniopora which typically have dead basal portions and knob-like living tips, but support live polyps throughout and are tapering. These are uncommon, and they have corallites identical to the usual, plate form (see both b/w photos - second one is a column). Corallites are 2.5 - 3.5 mm diameter, and very shallow, giving a smooth appearance. Found in overhangs and in darkened areas of reef slopes, but commonest on steep slopes in clear and moderately turbid habitats. (Sheppard, 1998 <308>)Colonies are thick or thin encrusting plates with shallow calices forming a smooth surface. Calices are 2.8-4 mm in diameter. Polyps are short and cylindrical with pointed tentacles. They are usually retracted during the day. Colour: usually grey. Abundance: Uncommon, large colonies (which may be over 2 m in diameter) are conspicuous. They are usually found under overhangs. (Veron, 1986 <57>) [details]
Type locality Somalia (Veron, 1986). [details]
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To GenBank (260 nucleotides; 68 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (3 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (Holotype USNM 21989)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To GenBank (260 nucleotides; 68 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (3 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (Holotype USNM 21989)
To ITIS
