Bowl coral
Halomitra pileus
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
- Fungiidae
- Genus
- Halomitra
Where to Find
Found in 20 diving areas across 14 countries and 5 regions.
- Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji - 1 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 2 records
- Savai'i, Samoa - 2 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 7 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 1 records
- Grande Comore, Comoros - 2 records
- Moheli, Comoros - 1 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 1 records
- Watamu & Malindi, Kenya - 1 records
- North Ari Atoll, Maldives - 1 records
- North Malé Atoll, Maldives - 5 records
- Rasdhoo Atoll, Maldives - 4 records
- South Ari Atoll, Maldives - 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
- Komodo, Indonesia - 16 records