Photo of Animalia: species: Porites spp (massive) (Gaia Guide)

One of the Porites spp (massive) species on the exposed reef slope at Lizard Island. It could be Porites lutea according to Grace Frank.

© Anne

Grace Frank thinks it might be Porites lutea based on the corallite structure visible in the close-up photo and the polyps have 6 tentacles.