page_title: Montipora
hierarchical_section_title: Montipora
caption_attribution_description: English: Coral at Arthur Bay, Magnetic Island
context_page_description: Montipora is a genus of Scleractinian corals in the phylum Cnidaria. There are 85 known species.
  Montipora corals are common on reefs and lagoons of the Red Sea, the western Indian Ocean and the southern Pacific Ocean. They are entirely absent in the Atlantic Ocean.
  This coral grows in plates. It can cover huge portions of a reef. The coral is attached permanently to the ocean floor. It spreads out into thin, wide, leaf-like colonies. Larger colonies can grow out in multiple layers. Its surface is covered with many bumpy protrusions.
context_section_description: Montipora is a genus of Scleractinian corals in the phylum Cnidaria. There are 85 known species.
  Montipora corals are common on reefs and lagoons of the Red Sea, the western Indian Ocean and the southern Pacific Ocean. They are entirely absent in the Atlantic Ocean.
  This coral grows in plates. It can cover huge portions of a reef. The coral is attached permanently to the ocean floor. It spreads out into thin, wide, leaf-like colonies. Larger colonies can grow out in multiple layers. Its surface is covered with many bumpy protrusions.
caption: Another view of the coral
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