Galaxea coral
Galaxea astreata
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
- Galaxea
Where to Find
Found in 33 diving areas across 22 countries and 6 regions.
- Coral Sea, Australia - 32 records
- Great Barrier Reef, Australia - 110 records
- Rowley Shoals, Australia - 1 records
- Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji - 4 records
- Pohnpei, Micronesia - 1 records
- Yap, Micronesia - 2 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 1 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 1 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 1 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 6 records
- Grande Comore, Comoros - 1 records
- Moheli, Comoros - 1 records
- Andaman Islands, India - 2 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 2 records
- Watamu & Malindi, Kenya - 2 records
- North Ari Atoll, Maldives - 3 records
- North Malé Atoll, Maldives - 6 records
- Rasdhoo Atoll, Maldives - 6 records
- South Ari Atoll, Maldives - 3 records
- South Malé Atoll, Maldives - 6 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 1 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
- Yanbu, Saudi Arabia - 1 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 2 records
- Komodo, Indonesia - 2 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 2 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 3 records
- Southern Islands, Singapore - 31 records