Other animals › Poritidae
Hump Coral
Porites lobata
1,239 observations in the source records
25 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
What the records say
- 1,239 observations are recorded in the imported source snapshot. Observation source
Easily confused with
Mustard Hill CoralPorites astreoides
Violet PurpuraCoralliophila violacea
Guineafowl PufferArothron meleagris
Citrus GumdropBerthellina citrina
Petroglyph Snapping ShrimpAlpheus deuteropus
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| Hawaii | 729 |
|---|---|
| United States | 191 |
| Ecuador | 2 |
| Galápagos | 2 |
| Costa Rica | 1 |
| Provincia Guanacaste | 1 |
| Panama | 1 |
| Provincia de Veraguas | 1 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Classification
| Kingdom | Animals · Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Cnidarians · Cnidaria |
| Class | Sea Anemones and Corals · Anthozoa |
| Order | Stony Corals · Scleractinia |
| Family | Poritidae |
| Genus | Pore Corals · Porites |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Hump Coral with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.