Wrinkle coral
Coscinaraea monile
Category: Hard Corals
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Cnidaria
- Class
- Hexacorallia
- Order
- Scleractinia
- Family
- Coscinaraeidae
- Genus
- Coscinaraea
Where to Find
Found in 27 diving areas across 18 countries and 5 regions.
- Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands - 3 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 2 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 1 records
- Grande Comore, Comoros - 1 records
- Moheli, Comoros - 1 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 1 records
- Watamu & Malindi, Kenya - 2 records
- North Ari Atoll, Maldives - 8 records
- North Malé Atoll, Maldives - 8 records
- Rasdhoo Atoll, Maldives - 8 records
- South Ari Atoll, Maldives - 8 records
- South Malé Atoll, Maldives - 8 records
- Vaavu Atoll, Maldives - 2 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 1 records
- Rodrigues Island, Mauritius - 1 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 1 records
- Quirimbas Archipelago, Mozambique - 1 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 2 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 2 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 1 records
- Trincomalee & East Coast, Sri Lanka - 1 records
- Mafia Island, Tanzania - 2 records
- Gulf of Tadjoura, Djibouti - 1 records
- Yanbu, Saudi Arabia - 1 records
- Port Sudan & Sanganeb, Sudan - 4 records
- Mergui Archipelago, Myanmar - 5 records
- Similan Islands, Thailand - 5 records