Acanthastrea echinata
Pineapple Coral
As recorded: Acanthastrea echinata (Dana, 1846)
Animalia › Cnidaria › Anthozoa › Scleractinia › Lobophylliidae
- Locality
- Enewetak Atoll
- Island
- Enewetak Atoll
- Region
- Marshall Islands
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Acanthastrea echinata observed alive
Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 4 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2024-07-31.
2024-07-31
Namena, Fiji
(c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2024-07-02
Oqea Levu, Fiji
(c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2015-11-07
Îles du Vent, French Polynesia
(c) Ryan McMinds, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2014-05-16
(c) David Obura, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Cite this specimen
Acanthastrea echinata. BPBM 2039. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 34591101. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/sc/2039.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 34591101 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026