Astreopora listeri
Bernard, 1896
Description: Colonies are hemispherical or flattened. Corallites are immersed and sometimes crowded, with small rounded openings surrounded by feathery spinules giving the colony a spiny appearance. Coenosteum papillae are fine.
Color: Cream, grey or brown.
Habitat: A wide range of environments, especially in shallow turbid water.
Abundance: Usually uncommon.
Similar Species: Astreopora randalli. See also A. myriophthalma.
Source reference: Veron (2000). Taxonomic references: Lamberts (1982), Veron and Wallace (1984). Identification guides: Veron (1986), Nishihira and Veron (1995).
A partly encrusting colony. Papua New Guinea Photograph: Jim Maragos
Colony surface, showing small crowded corallites. Sinai Peninsula, Egypt Photograph: Charlie Veron
Corallite detail. Great Barrier Reef, Australia Photograph: Charlie Veron
Skeletal detail. Radial corallites.