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Merulina scabricula
Crispy Crust Coral
As recorded: Merulina scabricula Dana, 1846
Animalia › Cnidaria › Anthozoa › Scleractinia › Merulinidae
- Island
- Tutuila
- Region
- American Samoa
- Record type
- Human observation
Merulina scabricula observed alive
Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 211 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-12.
2026-10-12
Alor Divers housereef, Pantar, Alor Regency, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia
(c) Alor Divers, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-03
Dauin, PH-NR, PH
(c) Pierre Pericard, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2026-10-02
Dauin, PH-NR, PH
(c) Pierre Pericard, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2026-10-01
Viti Levu, Fiji, FJ
(c) Josy Lai, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-09-22
Palau
(c) Jan Paulini, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-09-17
Java Sea, Central Java, ID
(c) Luke Foster, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Cite this specimen
Merulina scabricula. BPBM cdec1911-f271-4889-8bb4-94c2592eecdb. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 3413384309. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/img/cdec1911-f271-4889-8bb4-94c2592eecdb.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 3413384309 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026