Lesser valley coral
Platygyra lamellina
Category: Hard Corals
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Cnidaria
- Class
- Hexacorallia
- Order
- Scleractinia
- Family
- Merulinidae
- Genus
- Platygyra
Where to Find
Found in 39 diving areas across 27 countries and 6 regions.
- Great Barrier Reef, Australia - 181 records
- Pohnpei, Micronesia - 2 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 2 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 2 records
- Tongatapu, Tonga - 2 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 77 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 6 records
- Okinawa Main Island, Japan - 14 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 36 records
- Grande Comore, Comoros - 1 records
- Moheli, Comoros - 1 records
- Andaman Islands, India - 3 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 4 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 1 records
- Watamu & Malindi, Kenya - 2 records
- North Ari Atoll, Maldives - 1 records
- South Ari Atoll, Maldives - 1 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 2 records
- Rodrigues Island, Mauritius - 1 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 1 records
- Quirimbas Archipelago, Mozambique - 1 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 2 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 2 records
- Mafia Island, Tanzania - 2 records
- Zanzibar & Pemba, Tanzania - 1 records
- Gulf of Tadjoura, Djibouti - 1 records
- Dahab, Egypt - 120 records
- Eilat, Israel - 118 records
- Aqaba, Jordan - 120 records
- Aqaba Marine Park, Jordan - 120 records
- Yanbu, Saudi Arabia - 1 records
- Port Sudan & Sanganeb, Sudan - 6 records
- Dubai & Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - 1 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 1 records
- Komodo, Indonesia - 2 records
- Raja Ampat, Indonesia - 2 records
- Perhentian Islands, Malaysia - 4 records
- Redang Island, Malaysia - 4 records
- Southern Islands, Singapore - 2 records