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title: "Hump Coral"
description: "Porites lobata — Otros animales. Porites lobata, known by the common name lobe coral, is a species of stony coral in the family Poritidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/hump-coral
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Hump Coral

> Porites lobata — Otros animales. Porites lobata, known by the common name lobe coral, is a species of stony coral in the family Poritidae.

- Scientific name: *Porites lobata*
- Category: `other` (Otros animales)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mar y costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 1174
- Wikidata: [Q3326846](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3326846)
- iNaturalist taxon: [110115](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/110115)

## Names

- en: Hump Coral
- fr: Corail-étoile lisse

## Countries with the most observations

US (251), EC (53), PF (18), CL (10), MX (7), CR (3), PW (3), UM (3)

## Summary

Porites lobata, known by the common name lobe coral, is a species of stony coral in the family Poritidae. It is found growing on coral reefs in tropical parts of the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

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

## Photo

![Hump Coral](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/hump-coral/medium.jpg)

Photo: laiet17 · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/196248620

## Machine access

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