Stony coral
Porites nigrescens
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 28 diving areas across 19 countries and 6 regions.
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia - 2 records
- Great Barrier Reef, Australia - 95 records
- Rowley Shoals, Australia - 9 records
- Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji - 4 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 1 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 1 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 62 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 2 records
- Okinawa Main Island, Japan - 2 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 2 records
- Grande Comore, Comoros - 1 records
- Moheli, Comoros - 1 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 1 records
- Watamu & Malindi, Kenya - 2 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, 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 - 2 records
- Gulf of Tadjoura, Djibouti - 1 records
- Yanbu, Saudi Arabia - 1 records
- Cenderawasih Bay, Indonesia - 1 records
- Komodo, Indonesia - 2 records
- Mabul & Kapalai, Malaysia - 3 records
- Tioman Island, Malaysia - 2 records
- Mergui Archipelago, Myanmar - 2 records