Alveopora japonica Eguchi, 1968
Sclerectinian coral
Alveopora japonica
photo by Choi, Jong-Kwan

Family:  Poritidae ()
Max. size: 
Environment:  reef-associated; marine
Distribution:  Northwest Pacific: Japan and Korea.
Diagnosis:  Colony: small, less than 40 mm across, either hemispherical or encrusting. Septa: rarely connecting long and short fine spines. Color: distinctive dark green, tentacles tipped with a white stripe (Ref. 848).
Biology:  Found only in shallow, partly wave washed rocky foreshores, among algae and soft corals (Ref. 848).
IUCN Red List Status: Vulnerable (VU); Date assessed: 01 January 2008 (A4cd) Ref. 123251)
Threat to humans: 
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