Spine coral

Hydnophora exesa

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

Merulinidae

Genus

Hydnophora

Wikipedia

WoRMS Database

Where to Find

Found in 49 diving areas across 28 countries and 6 regions.

• Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia - 1 records
• Coral Sea, Australia - 36 records
• Great Barrier Reef, Australia - 171 records
• Rowley Shoals, Australia - 1 records
• Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 1 records
• Rarotonga, Cook Islands - 1 records
• Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji - 2 records
• Christmas Island (Kiritimati), Kiribati - 1 records
• Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands - 1 records
• Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands - 2 records
• Pohnpei, Micronesia - 2 records
• Yap, Micronesia - 1 records
• Upolu, Samoa - 44 records
• Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 76 records
• Kerama Islands, Japan - 8 records
• Okinawa Main Island, Japan - 5 records
• Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 29 records
• Grande Comore, Comoros - 1 records
• Moheli, Comoros - 1 records
• Andaman Islands, India - 2 records
• Lakshadweep, India - 4 records
• Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 1 records
• Watamu & Malindi, Kenya - 1 records
• North Ari Atoll, Maldives - 1 records
• North Malé Atoll, Maldives - 4 records
• Rasdhoo Atoll, Maldives - 4 records
• South Ari Atoll, Maldives - 1 records
• South Malé Atoll, Maldives - 4 records
• Vaavu Atoll, Maldives - 5 records
• Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 1 records
• Rodrigues Island, Mauritius - 1 records
• Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 1 records
• Quirimbas Archipelago, Mozambique - 1 records
• Tofo & Inhambane, Mozambique - 1 records
• Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 2 records
• Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 2 records
• Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 1 records
• Mafia Island, Tanzania - 2 records
• Gulf of Tadjoura, Djibouti - 1 records
• Yanbu, Saudi Arabia - 1 records
• Port Sudan & Sanganeb, Sudan - 4 records
• Bali, Indonesia - 1 records
• Komodo, Indonesia - 1 records
• Raja Ampat, Indonesia - 2 records
• Sulawesi, Indonesia - 1 records
• Mergui Archipelago, Myanmar - 3 records
• Siargao, Philippines - 2 records
• Visayas, Philippines - 4 records
• Similan Islands, Thailand - 3 records