Millepora tenera

Millepora tenera
CITES Appendix II (CITES)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Hydrozoa
Order: Anthoathecata
Family: Milleporidae
Genus: Millepora
Species:
M. tenera
Binomial name
Millepora tenera
Boschma, 1949
Synonyms
  • Millepora cruzi Nemenzo, 1975
  • Millepora tenella Ortmann, 1892
  • Millepora tortuosa Dana, 1848

Millepora tenera is a species of fire coral in the family Milleporidae. It is native to the Red Sea and the western Indo-Pacific region and is a zooxanthellate species with a calcareous skeleton. It was first described in 1949 by the Dutch zoologist Hilbrand Boschma.