Porites rus
Plate & Pillar Coral
As recorded: Porites rus (Forskål, 1775)
Animalia › Cnidaria › Anthozoa › Scleractinia › Poritidae
- Island
- Tutuila
- Region
- American Samoa
- Record type
- Human observation
Porites rus observed alive
Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 689 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-18.
2026-10-18
Mele, VU-SE, VU
(c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2026-10-09
Kangean Island, East Java, Indonesia
(c) pgkaestner, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-05
Laut Banda, Molukken, ID
(c) bastim84, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-04
Nanumea, Tuvalu
(c) Adam Smith, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-02
Manado, Bunaken (Laut), ID-SW, ID
(c) Jordan Iglesias, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-01
South Pacifc Ocean
(c) Josy Lai, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Cite this specimen
Porites rus. BPBM a7405b67-1f0c-43e6-98d2-cc1a7aceb6fd. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 3413384364. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/img/a7405b67-1f0c-43e6-98d2-cc1a7aceb6fd.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 3413384364 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026