Millepora boschmai is a critically endangered species of fire coral. It was previously catalogued in two protected areas in Panama, the Coiba National Park and the Golfo de Chiriquí National Park.[1]

Millepora boschmai

Critically endangered, possibly extinct  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Hydrozoa
Order: Anthoathecata
Family: Milleporidae
Genus: Millepora
Species:
M. boschmai
Binomial name
Millepora boschmai
De Weerdt and Glynn 1991

This species was typically found in upper, forereef slopes to deep sand and rubble slopes but they were most abundant at the reef base and deeper outer slopes.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Guzmán, H.; Edgar, G. (2008). "Millepora boschmai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T133300A3678127. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T133300A3678127.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ De Weerdt, W. H.; Glynn, P. W. (1991). A new and presumably now extinct species of Millepora (Hydrozoa) in the eastern Pacific.