Millepora boschmai

Critically endangered, possibly extinct  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Hydrozoa
Order: Anthoathecata
Family: Milleporidae
Genus: Millepora
Species:
M. boschmai
Binomial name
Millepora boschmai
De Weerdt and Glynn 1991

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. 1 2 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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