Stony coral
Porites lobata
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
- Poritidae
- Genus
- Porites
Where to Find
Found in 30 diving areas across 23 countries and 8 regions.
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia - 2 records
- Rowley Shoals, Australia - 10 records
- Christmas Island (Kiritimati), Kiribati - 3 records
- Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands - 3 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 145 records
- Funafuti Atoll, Tuvalu - 2 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 91 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 2 records
- Okinawa Main Island, Japan - 2 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 16 records
- Grande Comore, Comoros - 1 records
- Moheli, Comoros - 1 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 - 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
- Socorro Islands, Mexico - 1 records
- Gulf of Tadjoura, Djibouti - 1 records
- Yanbu, Saudi Arabia - 1 records
- Easter Island (Rapa Nui), Chile - 11 records
- Galápagos Islands, Ecuador - 80 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 1 records
- Komodo, Indonesia - 2 records