Feather Coral
Polyphyllia talpina
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
- Fungiidae
- Genus
- Polyphyllia
Where to Find
Found in 23 diving areas across 18 countries and 6 regions.
- Rowley Shoals, Australia - 8 records
- Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji - 4 records
- Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands - 1 records
- Chuuk (Truk) Lagoon, Micronesia - 4 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 16 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 1 records
- Grande Comore, Comoros - 1 records
- Moheli, Comoros - 1 records
- Andaman Islands, India - 1 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 4 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 - 1 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 1 records
- Mafia Island, Tanzania - 2 records
- Gulf of Tadjoura, Djibouti - 1 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 5 records
- Komodo, Indonesia - 13 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 3 records
- Southern Islands, Singapore - 1 records