Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Black Sun Coral
Tubastraea micranthus
Black Sun Coral
Category: Stony Corals
Scientific Name: Tubastraea micranthus
Size: Up to 4 ft. (1.2 m)  
Depth: 3-130 ft. (1-40 m)
Distribution: Indo-West Pacific
Cnidaria (Phylum) Cnidarians
└Anthozoa (Subphylum) Sea Anemones and Corals
 └Hexacorallia (Class) Hexacorallians
  └Scleractinia (Order) Stony Corals
   └Refertina (Suborder)
    └Dendrophylliidae (Family)
     └Tubastraea (Genus)
      └T. micranthus (Species)
WoRMS ID: 291255🔗
iNaturalist ID: 355665🔗

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