Pocillopora damicornis
Lace Coral
As recorded: Pocillopora damicornis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Animalia › Cnidaria › Anthozoa › Scleractinia › Pocilloporidae
- Locality
- 'American Pacific Equatorial Islands'
- Region
- Unknown Region
- Identified by
- J.E. Maragos, November 1981James Maragos →6 November →
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Pocillopora damicornis observed alive
Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 954 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-15.
2026-10-15
Little Salmon Bay, Rottnest Island
(c) Grady Duffy, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2026-10-14
East Salmon Bay, Rottnest Island
(c) Grady Duffy, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2026-10-10
Apra Harbor, Guam
(c) Olivia Bañez, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-01
Nanumea, Tuvalu
(c) Adam Smith, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-09-28
Fiji
(c) Aiden Chong, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-09-21
Moreton Island, Queensland, Australia
(c) jenbird88, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Cite this specimen
Pocillopora damicornis. BPBM 2315. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 38156543. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/sc/2315.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 38156543 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026