DiscoverSpeciesCorals and anemones
Pore coral
Montipora gaimardi
- Water temperature29–30 °C
- Best monthsFebruary, April, and July
- How commonRare
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 0 records
- February: 4 records
- March: 0 records
- April: 3 records
- May: 0 records
- June: 0 records
- July: 4 records
- August: 0 records
- September: 0 records
- October: 0 records
- November: 0 records
- December: 0 records
Depth and water temperature
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 29–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Pore coral, Montipora coral, pore coral
Names in 1 more languages
- Japanese
- コブコモンサンゴ
Similar species
- Pore coral
Montipora digitata
- Leaf coral
Montipora foliosa
- Pore coral
Montipora hispida
- Pore coral
Montipora stellata
Staghorn CoralAcropora austera
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 11 open-data records from 1991 to 2008.
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