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title: "Yellow Scroll Coral"
description: "Turbinaria reniformis — Other animals. Turbinaria reniformis, commonly known as yellow scroll coral, is a species of colonial stony coral in the family Dendrophylliidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/yellow-scroll-coral
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Yellow Scroll Coral

> Turbinaria reniformis — Other animals. Turbinaria reniformis, commonly known as yellow scroll coral,  is a species of colonial stony coral in the family Dendrophylliidae.

- Scientific name: *Turbinaria reniformis*
- Category: `other` (Other animals)
- Habitats: `sea` (Sea & coast)
- iNaturalist observations: 957
- Wikidata: [Q182285](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q182285)
- iNaturalist taxon: [114658](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/114658)

## Names

- en: Yellow Scroll Coral
- de: Gelbe Salatkoralle
- fr: Turbinaire jaune

## Countries with the most observations

EG (200), NC (165), ID (44), IL (36), AU (25), JO (23), MH (20), FJ (18), VU (11), SA (10), UM (8), WF (8)

## Summary

Turbinaria reniformis, commonly known as yellow scroll coral,  is a species of colonial stony coral in the family Dendrophylliidae. It is native to the Indo-Pacific region. The International Union for Conservation of Nature has rated its conservation status as being "least concern".

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbinaria_reniformis

## Photo

![Yellow Scroll Coral](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/yellow-scroll-coral/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/90360820

## Machine access

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