Stony coral
Euphyllia glabrescens
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
- Euphylliidae
- Genus
- Euphyllia
Where to Find
Found in 31 diving areas across 22 countries and 6 regions.
- Rowley Shoals, Australia - 1 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 3 records
- Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands - 2 records
- Pohnpei, Micronesia - 2 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 1 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 3 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 27 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 2 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 9 records
- Grande Comore, Comoros - 1 records
- Moheli, Comoros - 1 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 5 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 1 records
- North Ari Atoll, Maldives - 1 records
- North Malé Atoll, Maldives - 5 records
- Rasdhoo Atoll, Maldives - 7 records
- South Ari Atoll, Maldives - 1 records
- South Malé Atoll, Maldives - 7 records
- Vaavu Atoll, Maldives - 5 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 1 records
- Quirimbas Archipelago, Mozambique - 1 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 1 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 1 records
- Mafia Island, Tanzania - 2 records
- Gulf of Tadjoura, Djibouti - 1 records
- Komodo, Indonesia - 2 records
- Perhentian Islands, Malaysia - 3 records
- Redang Island, Malaysia - 3 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 2 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 17 records
- Southern Islands, Singapore - 1 records