Alveopora

Alveopora
Alveopora sp.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Hexacorallia
Order: Scleractinia
Family: Acroporidae
Genus: Alveopora
Blainville, 1830[1]
Alveopora spongiosa

Alveopora is a genus of colonial stony corals in the family Acroporidae. Members of this genus are native to the Indo-Pacific region and are often found on reef slopes in turbid water. They are generally uncommon.[2]

  1. ^ Martinez, Olga (2013). "Alveopora de Blainville, 1830". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2014-02-16.
  2. ^ "Genus Alveopora". Reef Corals of the Indo-Malayan Seas. Marine Species Identification Portal. Retrieved 2014-02-15.