Table 2 Summary of ecological and morphological features of Goniopora stokesi and G. stokesi -like specimens
| Â | G. stokesi | G. stokesi-like specimens | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sitea | OU | NK | IR | AM | IR | MO | MO |
No. of colonies collected | OU12, OU14, OU17, OU19, OU20, OU22, OU24, OU26, OU41, OU43 | NK1 | IR27, IR65 | AM74 | IR22 | MO53 | MO82 |
AM75 | |||||||
AM89 | |||||||
Sampling date | May and October 2009 | August 2010 | June and August 2011 | December 2011 | June 2011 | March 2011 | February 2011 |
No. of colonies observed in the field | >20 | >20 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Living form | Free-living | Free-living | Free-living | Free-living | Attached | Attached | Attached |
Depth (m) | 18 to 29 | 20 | 21 to 29 | 3 to 10 | 19 | 10 | 6 |
Daughter colonies | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
Polyp morphology | G. stokesi | G. stokesi | G. stokesi | G. djiboutiensis | G. stokesi | G. stokesi | G. tenuidens |
Skeletal morphology | G. stokesi | G. stokesi | G. stokesi | G. djiboutiensis or G. cf. djiboutiensis | G. djiboutiensis | G. cf. djiboutiensis | G. cf. stokesi |