Montipora capitata
Rice Coral
(Dana, 1846)Accepted name in the World Register of Marine Species.WoRMS 287697 ↗
Photo: (c) sea-kangaroo, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), uploaded by sea-kangaroo (iNaturalist)
30
Bishop specimens
0
Type specimens
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First collected
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Last collected
2026
Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi
In the Library
Bishop Museum publications whose pages name Montipora capitata, most mentions first.
2010
Marine biota information base for offshore islets in the main Hawaiian IslandsColes, S.L. & Swenson, C. · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 34 pages
2008
Assessment of species composition, diversity and biomass in marine habitats and subhaqbitats around offshore islets in the main Hawaiian IslandsColes, S.L., Giuseffi, L. & Hutchinson, M. · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 12 pages
2002
Nonindigenous marine species in Kane‘ohe Bay, O‘ahu, Hawai‘iColes, S.L., R.C. DeFelice & L.G. Eldredge · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 7 pages
2004
Assessment of nonindigenous species on coral reefs in the Hawaiian Islands, with emphasis on introduced invertebratesColes, S.L., L.G. Eldredge, F. Kandel, P.R. Reath & K. Longenecker · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 6 pages
2002
Nonindigenous marine species at Waikiki and Hawaii Kai, O‘ahu, Hawai‘iColes, S.L., R.C. DeFelice & L.G. Eldredge · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 4 pages
2001
Marine species survey of Johnston Atoll, central Pacific Ocean, June 2000Coles, S.L., R.C. DeFelice & D. Minton · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 4 pages
1999
Nonindigenous marine species introductions in the harbors of the south and west shores of Oahu, HawaiiColes, S.L., R.C. DeFelice, & L.G. Eldredge · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 3 pages
2007
Assessment of invasiveness of the orange keyhole sponge Mycale armata in Kane`ohe Bay, O`ahu, Hawai`iColes, S.L., Marchetti, J., Bolick, H. and Montogmery, A. · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 2 pages
Where Bishop collected it
18 mapped specimens. Localities of endangered species are shown approximately.
Alive today
302 research-grade iNaturalist sightings in the wild in Hawaiʻi since 2000. Most recent first.
2026-10-06
Hawaii, US
(c) Hannah Mirando, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-08-26
Hawaii County, US-HI, US
(c) hai v on, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-08-26
Hawaii, US
(c) jeanetteatsnorkelsquad, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-08-25
Kauai County, US-HI, US
(c) Hannah Mirando, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-07-18
Maui County, US-HI, US
(c) dtsapalas, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-07-18
Maui County, US-HI, US
(c) dtsapalas, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-07-01
Hawaii, US
(c) Thomas Irvine, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2026-06-20
Hawaii, US
(c) eklemp, some rights reserved (CC BY)