Pocillopora elegans: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Cnidaria
- Class
- Anthozoa
- Order
- Scleractinia
- Family
- Pocilloporidae
- Genus
- Pocillopora
- Species
- Pocillopora elegans
- Scientific Name
- Pocillopora elegans
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Pocillopora elegans
Pocillopora elegans is a species of colonial stony coral in the family Pocilloporidae. It is native to tropical and subtropical parts of the western, central and eastern Pacific Ocean. It is susceptible to bleaching and various coral diseases and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has listed it as a "vulnerable species".
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Pocillopora acuta
- Pocillopora aliciae
- Pocillopora ankeli
- Pocillopora bairdi
- Pocillopora capitata
- Pocillopora damicornis
- Pocillopora effusus
- Pocillopora elegans
- Pocillopora fungiformis
- Pocillopora grandis
- Pocillopora indiania
- Pocillopora inflata
- Pocillopora kelleheri
- Pocillopora ligulata
- Pocillopora meandrina
- Pocillopora molokensis
- Pocillopora verrucosa
- Pocillopora woodjonesi
- Pocillopora zelli







