Platygyra carnosus
Veron, 2000
Description: Colonies are massive and cerioid to submeandroid with thin, acute walls. Valleys are irregular in length in the same colony. Septa are thin and highly granulated. They converge and may fuse except where valleys are straight. Columellae are well developed. Polyps are fleshy.
Color: Uniform brown or red, with pale tops to walls.
Habitat: Shallow reef environments.
Abundance: Uncommon.
Similar Species: No other Platygyra has such fleshy polyps. Skeletal structures are similar to those of P. verweyi and are somewhat Goniastrea-like.
Taxonomic note: See ‘New species described in Corals of the World’ (in preparation) for further information. Source reference: Veron (2000).
A submassive colony. Sinai Peninsula, Egypt Photograph: Charlie Veron
Corallite detail. Sri Lanka Photograph: Charlie Veron
Surface of a small encrusting colony. Madagascar Photograph: Charlie Veron
Skeletal detail. Showing corallites.