Lumpy Rice Coral

Montipora turgescens

• Group: Coral
• IUCN status: EN

A reef building stony coral found across most reef environments, the lumpy rice coral grows in shallow water on the reef. It is now endangered, its colonies thinning as warming seas drive repeated bleaching across its range.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Cnidaria › Hexacorallia › Scleractinia › Acroporidae › Montipora

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 207142.