Goniopora lobata
Amazing fact
The anemone coral Goniopora lobata has short tentacles with rounded tips.
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The anemone coral Goniopora lobata has short tentacles with rounded tips.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Goniopora lobata
- Scientific name
- Goniopora lobata
- Japanese name
- ハナガササンゴ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Class
- Hexacorallia
- Order
- Scleractinia
- Family
- Poritidae
- Genus
- Goniopora
Its colony does not mound up high; its shape is between a solid lump and a thin, spreading crust.
Basic data
- Range
- The Indian and Pacific Oceans
Where the Goniopora lobata has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- ハナガササンゴ
- 简体中文
- 万花筒珊瑚
- 繁體中文
- 團塊管孔珊瑚
- Deutsch
- Margeritenkoralle
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 鳥羽水族館 — ハナガササンゴChecked: 2026-11-04
- Australian Museum — Goniopora lobataChecked: 2026-11-07
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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