Thin birdsnest coral
Seriatopora hystrix
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 38 diving areas across 24 countries and 6 regions.
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia - 1 records
- Great Barrier Reef, Australia - 290 records
- Rowley Shoals, Australia - 1 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 1 records
- Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji - 1 records
- Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands - 16 records
- Chuuk (Truk) Lagoon, Micronesia - 6 records
- Pohnpei, Micronesia - 3 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 2 records
- Savai'i, Samoa - 1 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 1 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 161 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 19 records
- Okinawa Main Island, Japan - 7 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 3 records
- Grande Comore, Comoros - 3 records
- Moheli, Comoros - 1 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 1 records
- Watamu & Malindi, Kenya - 1 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 2 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 1 records
- Quirimbas Archipelago, Mozambique - 1 records
- Tofo & Inhambane, Mozambique - 1 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 1 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 2 records
- Mafia Island, Tanzania - 2 records
- Gulf of Tadjoura, Djibouti - 1 records
- Deep South, Egypt - 1 records
- Marsa Alam, Egypt - 1 records
- Eilat, Israel - 1 records
- Yanbu, Saudi Arabia - 1 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 2 records
- Derawan Islands, Indonesia - 1 records
- Halmahera, Indonesia - 2 records
- Komodo, Indonesia - 2 records
- Mabul & Kapalai, Malaysia - 8 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 2 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 2 records