# Coral (Astreopora myriophthalma), mar Rojo, Egipto, 2023-04-18, DD 15

- By: Diego Delso
- Date: 2023-04-18
- Classification: Photograph
- Museum: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Coral_(Astreopora_myriophthalma),_mar_Rojo,_Egipto,_2023-04-18,_DD_15.jpg)
- Rights: [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)
- Picture: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Coral_%28Astreopora_myriophthalma%29%2C_mar_Rojo%2C_Egipto%2C_2023-04-18%2C_DD_15.jpg/1920px-Coral_%28Astreopora_myriophthalma%29%2C_mar_Rojo%2C_Egipto%2C_2023-04-18%2C_DD_15.jpg
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Porous star coral (Astreopora myriophthalma), Red Sea, Egypt. This hard coral is found in shallow waters in the tropical Indian and Pacific Oceans. It occupies a variety of reef habitats at depths between 3 and 20 m (10 and 66 ft), but avoids turbid water. The corallites are conical, evenly distributed over the surface and have a diameter of 4 millimetres (0.16 in); each has a circular, upright or outwardly-pointing opening.