Table coral
Amazing fact
Some table coral colonies have gaps between their branches, forming a mesh-like pattern.
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Some table coral colonies have gaps between their branches, forming a mesh-like pattern.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Table coral
- Scientific name
- Acropora solitaryensis
- Japanese name
- エンタクミドリイシ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Class
- Hexacorallia
- Order
- Scleractinia
- Family
- Acroporidae
- Genus
- Acropora
It is found in the seas from Tateyama in Chiba Prefecture and Tsushima in Nagasaki Prefecture to the northern part of Okinawa Island.
How the Table coral lives
It lives on shallow reefs and rocky shores in subtropical areas.
Corals of the WorldBasic data
- Range
- Tateyama in Chiba and Tsushima in Nagasaki to northern Okinawa Island
Where the Table coral has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 鳥羽水族館 — エンタクミドリイシChecked: 2026-11-04
- 宇久井ビジターセンター — エンタクミドリイシChecked: 2026-11-07
- Corals of the World — Acropora solitaryensisChecked: 2026-11-07
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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