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Millepora boschmai De Weerdt & Glynn 1991

Millepora boschmai

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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

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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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Millepora boschmai: Brief Summary

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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.

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.

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zooxanthellate with calcareous skeleton

Reference

van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO).

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