Montipora coral
Montipora venosa
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 22 diving areas across 17 countries and 5 regions.
- Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands - 3 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 2 records
- Gizo & Western Province, Solomon Islands - 1 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 82 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 4 records
- Green Island, Taiwan - 13 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 35 records
- Grande Comore, Comoros - 1 records
- Moheli, Comoros - 1 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 2 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 1 records
- North Ari Atoll, Maldives - 1 records
- South Ari Atoll, Maldives - 1 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
- Cenderawasih Bay, Indonesia - 1 records
- Komodo, Indonesia - 2 records