Alveopora tizardi
Bassett-Smith, 1890
Description: Colonies are flat or undulating plates. Corallites usually have regularly tapered septal spines. Polyps are short with knob-like tentacle tips.
Color: Pale pinkish-brown to bright pink, sometimes with grey oral discs and white tentacle tips.
Habitat: Shallow reef environments.
Abundance: Usually uncommon.
Similar Species: Alveopora japonica. See also A. spongiosa, which has larger corallites and distinctive polyps.
Source reference: Veron (2000). Taxonomic reference: Veron and Pichon (1982). Identification guides: Veron (1986), Sheppard and Sheppard (1991), Nishihira and Veron (1995).
A large lobed colony. Houtman Abrolhos Islands, south-west Australia Photograph: Ed Lovell
Polyp detail. Great Barrier Reef, Australia Photograph: Roger Steene
This species commonly forms small colonies growing from crevices. Tentacles retract quickly if disturbed. Pemba Island, Tanzania Photograph: Charlie Veron
Skeletal detail. Showing corallites.
Polyp detail. Ambon, Indonesia Photograph: Valerie Taylor