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Millepora in life
In life — Fire Corals, photographed by an iNaturalist observer, not this specimen. (c) Marlin Lee Ling, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Marlin Lee Ling
BPBM 827Invertebrate Zoology

Millepora

Fire Corals

As recorded: Millepora Linnaeus, 1758

Animalia › Cnidaria › Hydrozoa › Anthoathecata › Milleporidae

Locality
Enewetak Atoll
Island
Enewetak Atoll
Region
Marshall Islands
Record type
Preserved specimen
31 Bishop specimens of MilleporaSpecies page ›

Millepora observed alive

Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 3,097 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-27.

Millepora observed 2026-10-27

2026-10-27

(c) The Little Green Boat (Curaçao), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

Millepora observed 2026-10-23

2026-10-23

Mar Caribe, Bocas del Toro, PA

(c) Roger A. Morales-Flores, some rights reserved (CC BY)

Millepora observed 2026-10-21

2026-10-21

Indonesia

(c) arifinkarsosuwito, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

Millepora observed 2026-10-21

2026-10-21

Indonesia

(c) arifinkarsosuwito, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

Millepora observed 2026-10-19

2026-10-19

Quintana Roo, MX

(c) Elias, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

Millepora observed 2026-10-16

2026-10-16

BM

(c) Johanna Marshall, some rights reserved (CC BY)

Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.

Cite this specimen

Millepora. BPBM 827. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 37592686. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/d/827.

Record sources