Birdsnest coral
Seriatopora caliendrum
Category: Hard Corals
IUCN Conservation Status: VU - Vulnerable - facing a high risk of extinction in the wild
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Cnidaria
- Class
- Hexacorallia
- Order
- Scleractinia
- Family
- Pocilloporidae
- Genus
- Seriatopora
Where to Find
Found in 21 diving areas across 15 countries and 5 regions.
- Savai'i, Samoa - 3 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 3 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 46 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 8 records
- Okinawa Main Island, Japan - 3 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 6 records
- Grande Comore, Comoros - 1 records
- Moheli, Comoros - 1 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 1 records
- Watamu & Malindi, Kenya - 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
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 1 records
- Mafia Island, Tanzania - 2 records
- Gulf of Tadjoura, Djibouti - 1 records
- Yanbu, Saudi Arabia - 1 records
- Halmahera, Indonesia - 4 records
- Komodo, Indonesia - 2 records