Dendrophyllia cribrosa
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Onomichi coral is a coral that does not build reefs.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Dendrophyllia cribrosa
- Scientific name
- Dendrophyllia cribrosa
- Japanese name
- オノミチキサンゴ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Class
- Hexacorallia
- Order
- Scleractinia
- Family
- Dendrophylliidae
- Genus
- Dendrophyllia
Where the name “Dendrophyllia cribrosa” comes from
Its name comes from its discovery in the sea around Onomichi in Hiroshima Prefecture.
四国水族館A coral of the kisango group that lives along the sheltered bay coasts of central and southern Honshu.
How the Dendrophyllia cribrosa lives
It lives in waters with good tidal flow.
四国水族館Basic data
- Range
- Inner bay coasts of central and southern Honshu
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 — オノミチキサンゴChecked: 2026-11-04
- 四国水族館 — 瀬戸内海に生息するサンゴ オノミチキサンゴを展示しています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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