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title: "Coral de dedos"
description: "Porites porites — Otros animales. Porites porites, commonly known as hump coral or finger coral, is a species of stony coral in the genus Porites."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/finger-coral
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Coral de dedos

> Porites porites — Otros animales. Porites porites, commonly known as hump coral or finger coral, is a species of stony coral in the genus Porites.

- Scientific name: *Porites porites*
- Category: `other` (Otros animales)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mar y costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 2000
- Wikidata: [Q3332895](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3332895)
- iNaturalist taxon: [110128](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/110128)

## Names

- en: Finger Coral
- es: Coral de dedos
- fr: Porite digité

## Countries with the most observations

MX (178), PR (93), CU (88), VI (77), US (66), GP (65), KY (65), BS (51), BZ (44), MQ (37), PA (36), DO (30)

## Summary

Porites porites, commonly known as hump coral or finger coral, is a species of stony coral in the genus Porites. It is found in the Caribbean Sea and western Atlantic Ocean and also along the coast of West Africa.

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

## Photo

![Coral de dedos](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/finger-coral/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jesse Rorabaugh · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/213469520

## Machine access

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