Fire coral
Millepora platyphylla
Category: Jellyfish
IUCN Conservation Status: EN - Endangered - facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Cnidaria
- Class
- Hydrozoa
- Order
- Anthoathecata
- Family
- Milleporidae
- Genus
- Millepora
Where to Find
Found in 20 diving areas across 16 countries and 5 regions.
- Moorea & Tahiti, French Polynesia - 18 records
- Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands - 8 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 3 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 70 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 8 records
- Okinawa Main Island, Japan - 8 records
- Grande Comore, Comoros - 1 records
- Moheli, Comoros - 1 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 9 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 1 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 2 records
- Rodrigues Island, Mauritius - 2 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 1 records
- Quirimbas Archipelago, Mozambique - 1 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 3 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 1 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 1 records
- Mafia Island, Tanzania - 2 records
- Gulf of Tadjoura, Djibouti - 1 records
- Gulf of Thailand, Thailand - 1 records