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title: "Black Sun Coral"
description: "Tubastraea micranthus — Andere dieren. Tubastraea micranthus, commonly known as the Black sun coral, is a coral from the Tubastraea genus, which comprises the sun corals."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/black-sun-coral
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Black Sun Coral

> Tubastraea micranthus — Andere dieren. Tubastraea micranthus, commonly known as the Black sun coral, is a coral from the Tubastraea genus, which comprises the sun corals.

- Scientific name: *Tubastraea micranthus*
- Category: `other` (Andere dieren)
- Habitats: `sea` (Zee en kust)
- iNaturalist observations: 1135
- Wikidata: [Q2458847](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2458847)
- iNaturalist taxon: [355665](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/355665)

## Names

- en: Black Sun Coral
- de: Grüne Kelchkoralle
- fr: Tubastrée arborescente

## Countries with the most observations

ID (211), PH (89), MV (68), FJ (63), NC (63), TH (46), PW (19), EG (16), ZA (15), MY (14), PG (10), JP (8)

## Summary

Tubastraea micranthus, commonly known as the Black sun coral, is a coral from the Tubastraea genus, which comprises the sun corals. They have a dark green color and they grow and branch out in bush/tree like colonies. The habitat of T. micranthus ranges from the Red Sea to Madagascar, and into the Pacific as far as Fiji. It has been observed in waters as shallow as 4m to a depth of 138m in the new habitat. It is notable though, that in its native habitats Tubastraea micranthus has only been found at depths up to 50 meters and any discovered at lower depths are in invasive environments. Furthermore, there have been…

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

## Photo

![Black Sun Coral](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/black-sun-coral/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/235760698

## Machine access

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