DiscoverSpeciesCorals and anemones
Hump coral
Porites lutea
- Usual depth0–40 m
- Water temperature21–29 °C
- Best monthsApril
- How commonOccasional
About this species
Porites lutea is a species of stony coral in the family Poritidae. It is found growing in very shallow water on reefs in the Indo-Pacific region. It sometimes forms "microatolls" in the intertidal zone and these massive structures have been used to study trends in sea levels and sea water temperature.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Porites lutea”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 1 records
- February: 36 records
- March: 39 records
- April: 1,415 records
- May: 28 records
- June: 14 records
- July: 38 records
- August: 48 records
- September: 26 records
- October: 184 records
- November: 12 records
- December: 11 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 0–40 m · Deepest record: 58.5 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 21–29 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Hump coral, hump coral, Mound Coral
Names in 1 more languages
- Japanese
- コブハマサンゴ
Other scientific names: Matrepora arenosa, Porites (Porites) lutea, Porites arenacea, Porites arenosa, Porites haddoni, Porites tenuis, Synaraea lutea
Similar species
- Hump coral
Porites nigrescens
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.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 2,198 open-data records from 1848 to 2024.
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