{"id":77426,"date":"2025-12-11T13:53:33","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T08:23:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=77426"},"modified":"2025-12-11T13:59:38","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T08:29:38","slug":"goniopora-coral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/goniopora-coral\/","title":{"rendered":"Goniopora Coral"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Goniopora Coral Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, scientists have reported that a combination of extreme heat stress and a rare Black band disease has wiped out 75 per cent of Goniopora coral colonies at a site on the Great Barrier Reef.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Goniopora Coral<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is also known as <\/span><b>flowerpot or daisy coral, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is a type of hard, soft coral belonging to the Poritidae family.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is appreciated for its beautiful appearance as it possesses <\/span><b>unique polyps that resemble flower petals.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Appearance: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Colonies consist of <\/span><b>small branching columns<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, usually oval in transverse section.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Size:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Goniopora polyps can range from a few to several centimeters in diameter.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Habitat:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It typically inhabits <\/span><b>lagoons and turbid reefs<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and are considered thermally tolerant.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Goniopora are a <\/span><b>photosynthetic coral<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and derive some of their nutritional requirements from light.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Symbiotic Relationship:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> They have a <\/span><b>symbiotic relationship with dinoflagellates<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> called zooxanthellae that live in the flesh of the coral.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Goniopora can thrive in a wide range of lighting.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Feeding:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is a <\/span><b>predatory coral<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, meaning it obtains some of its nutrients by capturing small organisms in the water.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>What is Black Band Disease?<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>bacterial necrotic infection<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that invades living coral.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><b>forms a black band<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that crosses the infected coral, usually killing the colony.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is common in Caribbean reefs and <\/span><b>rare in Australian waters.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is often linked to pollution or nutrient runoff.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.downtoearth.org.in\/climate-change\/heat-stress-rare-disease-wipe-out-goniopora-coral-colonies-on-great-barrier-reef\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">DTE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Goniopora Coral, also known as flowerpot or daisy coral, is a type of hard, soft coral belonging to the Poritidae family. 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