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Turbinaria in life
In life — Scroll Corals, photographed by an iNaturalist observer, not this specimen. (c) Nick Lambert, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by Nick Lambert
BPBM 3298Invertebrate Zoology

Turbinaria

Scroll Corals

As recorded: Turbinaria Oken, 1815

Animalia › Cnidaria › Anthozoa › Scleractinia › Dendrophylliidae

Locality
deep passage S of Cook Islet
Island
Kiritimati Atoll
Region
Unknown Region
Depth
5 m
Identified by
J.E. Maragos
Record type
Preserved specimen
124 Bishop specimens of Turbinaria · collected 1927–2007Species page ›

Turbinaria observed alive

Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 2,899 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-24.

Turbinaria observed 2026-10-24

2026-10-24

Seram Bagian Timur, ID-MA, ID

(c) nabayu5, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

Turbinaria observed 2026-10-21

2026-10-21

Botum Sakor, KH-KK, KH

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

Turbinaria observed 2026-10-21

2026-10-21

Shark Bay, AU-WA, AU

(c) marcus888, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

Turbinaria observed 2026-10-18

2026-10-18

(c) Josy Lai, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

Turbinaria observed 2026-10-15

2026-10-15

Hawaii, US

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

Turbinaria observed 2026-10-10

2026-10-10

Ellison Reef, Australia

(c) kjames2000, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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

Cite this specimen

Turbinaria. BPBM 3298. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 39534141. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/sc/3298.

Record sources