Spine coral
Hydnophora microconos
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
Where to Find
Found in 36 diving areas across 22 countries and 6 regions.
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia - 2 records
- Great Barrier Reef, Australia - 102 records
- Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji - 7 records
- Christmas Island (Kiritimati), Kiribati - 2 records
- Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands - 1 records
- Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands - 2 records
- Pohnpei, Micronesia - 2 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 1 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 48 records
- Funafuti Atoll, Tuvalu - 2 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 51 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 8 records
- Okinawa Main Island, Japan - 4 records
- Green Island, Taiwan - 2 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 1 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 11 records
- Watamu & Malindi, Kenya - 2 records
- North Ari Atoll, Maldives - 1 records
- North Malé Atoll, Maldives - 4 records
- Rasdhoo Atoll, Maldives - 5 records
- South Ari Atoll, Maldives - 1 records
- South Malé Atoll, Maldives - 5 records
- Vaavu Atoll, Maldives - 2 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 3 records
- Rodrigues Island, Mauritius - 3 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 3 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 1 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 1 records
- Yanbu, Saudi Arabia - 1 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 1 records
- Halmahera, Indonesia - 2 records
- Komodo, Indonesia - 2 records
- Mergui Archipelago, Myanmar - 4 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 2 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 3 records
- Similan Islands, Thailand - 4 records