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Red coral

Tubastraea coccinea Lesson, 1830

Status not recordedjellyfish and corals

The red coral (Tubastraea coccinea) is a species in the family Dendrophylliidae, order Scleractinia.

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Quick facts about the red coral

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Main food
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Young per litter or clutch
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Conservation status
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Countries on record
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Where does the red coral live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the red coral as introduced in 25 countries, and flagged as invasive in 4 of them.

  1. Arubainvasive
  2. Brazilinvasive
  3. Caribbean Netherlandsinvasive
  4. Curaçaoinvasive
  5. Anguilla
  6. Bahamas
  7. Belize
  8. Cayman Islands
  9. China
  10. Cuba
  11. Dominica
  12. Dominican Republic
  13. Egypt
  14. India
  15. Jamaica
  16. Marshall Islands
  17. Mauritius
  18. Mozambique
  19. Myanmar (Burma)
  20. Samoa
  21. Saudi Arabia
  22. Sri Lanka
  23. United States
  24. Venezuela
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  1. Vietnam

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the red coral endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the red coral classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumCnidaria
  3. classAnthozoa
  4. orderScleractinia
  5. familyDendrophylliidae
  6. genusTubastraea
  7. SpeciesTubastraea coccinea Lesson, 1830

Synonyms Astropsammia pedersenii, Astropsammia pedersoni, Caryophyllia aurantiaca, Caryophyllia calycularis, Cladocora calycularis, Coenopsammia affinis, Coenopsammia coccinea, Coenopsammia ehrenbergiana, Coenopsammia gaimardi, Coenopsammia manni, Coenopsammia radiata, Coenopsammia tenuilamellosa, Coenopsammia urvillii, Dendrophyllia affinis, Dendrophyllia aurantiaca, Dendrophyllia circularis, Dendrophyllia coccinea, Dendrophyllia ehrenbergiana, Dendrophyllia manni, Dendrophyllia radiata, Dendrophyllia surcularis, Dendrophyllia tenuilamellosa, Dendrophyllia turbinata, Lobopsammia darwini, Pachypsammia valida, Pachysammia valida, Placopsammia darwini, Tubastaea coccinea, Tubastraea pedersenii, Tubastraea tenuilamellosa, Tubastrea circularis, Tubastrea coccinea, Tubastrea coccinia, Tubastrea tenuilamellosa, Tubastrea turbinata, Tubastreae coccinea, Tubastreaea tenuilamellosa

Other names and names in other languages (17)
  • Orange coralEnglish
  • Orange cup coralEnglish
  • Red cup coralEnglish
  • Sun coralEnglish
  • dendrofyla zlatáCzech
  • Goldene KelchkoralleGerman
  • Tubastraea NaranjaSpanish
  • Tubastrée orangeFrench
  • ヒメイボヤギJapanese
  • 금빛나팔돌산호Korean
  • Apelsininis saulenisLithuanian
  • Coral SolPortuguese
  • ปะการังถ้วยส้มThai
  • 圓管星珊瑚Chinese
  • dendrofyla šarlatováCzech
  • Coral-sol-do-Indo-PacíficoPortuguese
  • 短管星珊瑚Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the red coral

Other species in the same genus Tubastraea.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the red coral an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags the red coral as invasive in 4 countries: Aruba, Brazil, Caribbean Netherlands and Curaçao. It lists it as introduced in 25 in all.

What kind of animal is the red coral?

The red coral (Tubastraea coccinea) belongs to the family Dendrophylliidae in the order Scleractinia.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Red coral (Tubastraea coccinea). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/red-coral

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BibTeX
@misc{red_coral_2026,
  title = {Red coral (Tubastraea coccinea)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/red-coral},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}