Montipora coral
Montipora stellata
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 11 diving areas across 8 countries and 5 regions.
- Great Barrier Reef, Australia - 106 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 70 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 3 records
- Okinawa Main Island, Japan - 12 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 7 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 2 records
- Rodrigues Island, Mauritius - 2 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 2 records
- Yanbu, Saudi Arabia - 2 records
- Komodo, Indonesia - 2 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 2 records