Alveopora japonica

Alveopora japonica Eguchi, 1968
Sclerectinian coral

photo by Choi, Jong-Kwan

Family:	Poritidae ()
Max. size:
Environment:	reef-associated; marine
Distribution:	Northwest Pacific: Japan and Korea.
Diagnosis:	Colony: small, less than 40 mm across, either hemispherical or encrusting. Septa: rarely connecting long and short fine spines. Color: distinctive dark green, tentacles tipped with a white stripe (Ref. 848).
Biology:	Found only in shallow, partly wave washed rocky foreshores, among algae and soft corals (Ref. 848).
IUCN Red List Status:	Critically Endangered (CR); Date assessed: 27 April 2023 (A3ce) Ref. 123251)
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