Photo of Animalia: species: Lobophyllia radians (Lizard Island Field Guide)

A colony of Lobophyllia radians on the upper reef slope at North Direction Island near Lizard Island.

© Anne Hoggett

Identified by Grace Frank, who notes, "I believe this is radians rather than recta because the valleys are more towards 2cm wide than 1cm, and the bottom half of the colony is meandroid to straight rather than being highly sinuous."