Montipora coral
Montipora samarensis
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 5 diving areas across 3 countries and 3 regions.
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 2 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 19 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 2 records
- Perhentian Islands, Malaysia - 4 records
- Redang Island, Malaysia - 4 records