Millepora boschmai
Millepora boschmai | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Cnidaria |
Class: | Hydrozoa |
Order: | Anthoathecata |
Family: | Milleporidae |
Genus: | Millepora |
Species: | M. boschmai
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Binomial name | |
Millepora boschmai De Weerdt and Glynn 1991
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Millepora boschmai is a critically endangered species of fire coral. It was previously catalogued in two protected areas in Panama, the Coiba National Park and the Golfo de Chiriquí National Park.[1]
This species was typically found in upper, forereef slopes to deep sand and rubble slopes but they were most abundant at the reef base and deeper outer slopes.[2]
References[]
- ^ a b Guzmán, H.; Edgar, G. (2008). "Millepora boschmai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T133300A3678127. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T133300A3678127.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ De Weerdt, W. H.; Glynn, P. W. (1991). A new and presumably now extinct species of Millepora (Hydrozoa) in the eastern Pacific.
Categories:
- IUCN Red List critically endangered species
- Milleporidae
- Animals described in 1991
- Anthoathecata stubs