Honeycomb coral  (Diploastrea heliopora)

IUCN Red List species status – Near Threatened
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Facts – Honeycomb coral

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumCnidaria
ClassAnthozoa
OrderScleractinia
FamilyFaviidae
GenusDiploastrea (1)

Status – Honeycomb coral

Classified as Near Threatened (NT) on the IUCN Red List (1) and listed on Appendix II of CITES (2).

Description – Honeycomb coral

Information on Diploastrea heliopora is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly.

Find out more – Honeycomb coral

To learn about efforts to conserve Diploastrea heliopora see:

View information on this species at the UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre.

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References

  1. IUCN Red List (August, 2009)
    http://www.iucnredlist.org
  2. CITES (August, 2009)
    http://www.cites.org/
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Diploastrea heliopora
Diploastrea heliopora

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