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REEF AND HARD CORALS
Indonesia
Featured in Wild Indonesia from 2000
RELATED INFORMATION
Common name
Species name
Tubastraea floreana
ARKive fact
Floreana coral is a scleractinian coral, meaning that it is a ‘hard' coral with a limestone skeleton.
Conservation status
Critically Endangered
Distribution
Found only in the Galápagos, this rare coral species was once known from around the islands of Floreana, Isabela, Pinzón and Santiago, and the islets of Gardner and Cousins. However, since 1983, the Floreana coral has only been sighted at Cousins Rocks and Gardner Islet.
Habitat
Floreana coral can be found on the ceilings of caves, ledges and overhanging rocks, between depths of 2 and 46 metres.
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