Barabattoia amicorum
Milne Edwards and Haime, 1850
Description: Colonies are massive and usually small. Corallites are plocoid to tubular. Budding is primarily extratentacular. Costae are equal and well developed. Paliform lobes are usually poorly developed. Columellae are small and compact. Tentacles are extended only at night.
Color: Usually brown, cream or green with pale oral discs.
Habitat: Shallow reef environments, especially reef backs protected from strong wave action.
Abundance: Uncommon.
Similar Species: Barabattoia laddi, which has longer corallites and alternating costae.
Source reference: Veron (2000). Taxonomic reference: Veron, Pichon and Wijsman-Best (1977). Identification guides: Veron (1986), Nishihira and Veron (1995).
Characteristic appearance of a medium sized colony. Note the prevalence of extratentacular budding. Calamian Islands, Philippines Photograph: Charlie Veron
Showing elongate corallites. Vietnam Photograph: Charlie Veron
Common corallite shape and colour. Great Barrier Reef, Australia Photograph: Ed Lovell
Skeletal detail. Showing corallites.