Millepora boschmai
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.[2]
| Millepora boschmai | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Hydrozoa |
| Order: | Anthoathecata |
| Family: | Milleporidae |
| Genus: | Millepora |
| Species: | M. boschmai |
| Binomial name | |
| Millepora boschmai De Weerdt and Glynn 1991 | |
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.[3]
References
- 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 9 December 2017.
- Guzmán, H. & Edgar, G. (2011). "Millepora boschmai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- De Weerdt, W. H.; Glynn, P. W. (1991). A new and presumably now extinct species of Millepora (Hydrozoa) in the eastern Pacific.
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