Pore coral

Montipora incrassata

Corals and anemones
IUCN: Endangered

Usual depth0–51 m
Water temperature22–29 °C
Best monthsJanuary, September, and October
How commonOccasional

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Photo credit: (c) Ryan McMinds, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 68 records
February: 4 records
March: 5 records
April: 36 records
May: 3 records
June: 2 records
July: 2 records
August: 14 records
September: 79 records
October: 68 records
November: 23 records
December: 1 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 0–51 m · Deepest record: 91 m

0–10 m: 114 records
10–20 m: 19 records
20–30 m: 22 records
30–40 m: 43 records
40–50 m: 67 records
50–60 m: 13 records
60–70 m: 12 records
70–80 m: 0 records
80–90 m: 0 records
90–100 m: 10 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 22–29 °C

22–24 °C: 6 records
24–26 °C: 235 records
26–28 °C: 150 records
28–30 °C: 74 records

Names and classification

English: Pore coral, Montipora coral, pore coral

Names in 1 more languages

Simplified Chinese: 厚板表孔珊瑚

Other scientific names: Manopora incrassata, Montipora prominula

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Montipora hispida

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).
466 open-data records from 1979 to 2012.
Species data updated November 4, 2026.

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