Pineapple coral
Amazing fact
Pineapple coral has bulges arranged in a radiating pattern on the surface of its polyps.
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Pineapple coral has bulges arranged in a radiating pattern on the surface of its polyps.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Pineapple coral
- Scientific name
- Blastomussa merleti
- Japanese name
- カビラタバサンゴ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Class
- Hexacorallia
- Order
- Scleractinia
- Family
- Plerogyridae
- Genus
- Blastomussa
How the Pineapple coral lives
Even during the day, it extends its polyps and tentacles a little. It lives in slightly murky water where sand and mud tend to collect.
国立環境研究所Basic data
- Range
- South of Tanegashima and the western Pacific
Where the Pineapple 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 — カビラタバサンゴChecked: 2026-11-04
- 国立環境研究所 — Blastomussa merleti (Wells, 1961) カビラタバサンゴChecked: 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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