Montipora coral
Montipora foliosa
Category: Hard Corals
IUCN Conservation Status: EN - Endangered - facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Cnidaria
- Class
- Hexacorallia
- Order
- Scleractinia
- Family
- Acroporidae
- Genus
- Montipora
Where to Find
Found in 24 diving areas across 14 countries and 5 regions.
- Christmas Island, Australia - 5 records
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia - 5 records
- Great Barrier Reef, Australia - 56 records
- Rowley Shoals, Australia - 14 records
- Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands - 7 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 1 records
- Gizo & Western Province, Solomon Islands - 1 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 56 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 4 records
- Okinawa Main Island, Japan - 2 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 22 records
- Andaman Islands, India - 2 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 2 records
- North Ari Atoll, Maldives - 1 records
- South Ari Atoll, Maldives - 1 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 6 records
- Rodrigues Island, Mauritius - 4 records
- Tofo & Inhambane, Mozambique - 1 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 4 records
- Komodo, Indonesia - 2 records
- Perhentian Islands, Malaysia - 2 records
- Redang Island, Malaysia - 2 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 4 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 5 records