Turbinaria reniformis
Bernard, 1896
Description: Colonies are composed of unifacial laminae sometimes forming tiers which are mostly horizontal. Corallites are widely spaced, thick walled, immersed to conical in shape and average 2.5 millimetres diameter.
Color: Usually yellow-green with distinctly coloured margins.
Habitat: May form large stands on fringing reefs where the water is turbid.
Abundance: Sometimes common.
Similar Species: Turbinaria mesenterina.
Source reference: Veron (2000). Taxonomic reference: Veron and Pichon (1980). Identification guides: Veron (1986), Sheppard and Sheppard (1991), Nishihira and Veron (1995), Carpenter et al. (1997).
A large colony of tiered whorls. Great Barrier Reef, Australia Photograph: Neville Coleman
Plates with contorted edges. Sinai Peninsula, Egypt Photograph: Charlie Veron
Forming flat plates. Ryukyu Islands, Japan Photograph: Charlie Veron
Skeletal detail. Colony surface.
A plate with polyps extended. Cocos (Keeling) Atoll, Western Australia Photograph: Charlie Veron