Characters: Colonies are submassive or branching. Branches seldom fuse. Corallites are uniform, and circular in outline. Polyps have large oral cones and short pointed tentacles.
Colour: Brown, green or cream, often with white tentacle tips.
Similar species: Goniopora eclipsensis. See also G. fruticosa, which has interlocking branches and is always dark brown with white oral discs.
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