---
title: "Plate & Pillar Coral"
description: "Porites rus — Other animals. No summary available."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/plate-pillar-coral
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Plate & Pillar Coral

> Porites rus — Other animals. No summary available.

- Scientific name: *Porites rus*
- Category: `other` (Other animals)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 1321
- Wikidata: [Q3939310](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3939310)
- iNaturalist taxon: [110132](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/110132)

## Names

- en: Plate & Pillar Coral

## Countries with the most observations

ID (112), PF (72), GU (43), EG (36), KE (35), SC (35), TZ (35), US (34), FJ (29), PH (22), TH (22), AU (21)

## Photo

![Plate & Pillar Coral](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/plate-pillar-coral/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/91235197

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/plate-pillar-coral?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).