Record (Lizard Island Field Guide)

Record details

species: Echinopora mammiformis
Observed by Anne Hoggett
Sat, 25 Jan 2014 16:00:00

Location details

  • Lizard Island, Queensland

  • Lagoon entrance, S side

  • Marine specimens found at a depth between 4 m and 6 metres.

Details about the specimen(s)

  • Specimen count is not recorded.
  • specimen(s) alive at end of the observation process.
  • specimen(s) left in natural environment.
  • The record does not indicate whether reproduction was occurring.

Thanks to Russell Kelly for confirming the id from these three photos. He notes: 

- lack of coarse spinule ornament on the costae;
- costae meeting between corallites sometimes forming equant / polygonal boundaries

Supporting photos