Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Poritidae

Alternative combinations: Dictyaraea octopartita, Goniaraea octopartita

Belongs to Goniopora according to R. Pavlovec 1959

Sister taxa: Goniopora affinis, Goniopora aldrichi, Goniopora ameliana, Goniopora astraeoides, Goniopora aucillana, Goniopora ballistensis, Goniopora bieskidensis, Goniopora calhounensis, Goniopora cascadensis, Goniopora ciliatus, Goniopora columna, Goniopora daxitertia, Goniopora decaturensis, Goniopora djiboutiensis, Goniopora elegans, Goniopora globulosa, Goniopora granosa, Goniopora hilli, Goniopora imperatoris, Goniopora jacobiana, Goniopora katzeri, Goniopora laurina, Goniopora lobata, Goniopora lubinensis, Goniopora matsoni, Goniopora micrantha, Goniopora microscopica, Goniopora microsiderea, Goniopora minor, Goniopora nodulosa, Goniopora norfolkensis, Goniopora palmensis, Goniopora panamensis, Goniopora planulata, Goniopora polyformis, Goniopora retifera, Goniopora reussiana, Goniopora rudis, Goniopora savignyi, Goniopora somaliensis, Goniopora stokesi, Goniopora stutchburyi, Goniopora tampaensis, Goniopora tenella, Goniopora tenuidens, Goniopora turonensis, Goniopora vaughani, Goniopora websteri

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder