Stony coral
Porites lutea
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 42 diving areas across 31 countries and 7 regions.
- Rowley Shoals, Australia - 14 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 8 records
- Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji - 2 records
- Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands - 11 records
- Chuuk (Truk) Lagoon, Micronesia - 2 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 2 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 14 records
- Tongatapu, Tonga - 2 records
- Funafuti Atoll, Tuvalu - 7 records
- Port Vila & Efate, Vanuatu - 2 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 151 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 43 records
- Okinawa Main Island, Japan - 23 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 28 records
- Grande Comore, Comoros - 1 records
- Moheli, Comoros - 1 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 7 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 - 7 records
- Rodrigues Island, Mauritius - 2 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 1 records
- Quirimbas Archipelago, Mozambique - 1 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 3 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 23 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 1 records
- Mafia Island, Tanzania - 2 records
- Zanzibar & Pemba, Tanzania - 1 records
- Socorro Islands, Mexico - 3 records
- Gulf of Tadjoura, Djibouti - 1 records
- Aqaba, Jordan - 7 records
- Aqaba Marine Park, Jordan - 7 records
- Yanbu, Saudi Arabia - 1 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 1 records
- Cenderawasih Bay, Indonesia - 1 records
- Komodo, Indonesia - 2 records
- Perhentian Islands, Malaysia - 2 records
- Redang Island, Malaysia - 2 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 21 records
- Koh Tao, Thailand - 12 records