''Porites cylindrica'', commonly known as hump coral, is a stony coral of the subclass

Hexacorallia Hexacorallia is a Class (biology), class of Anthozoa comprising approximately 4,300 species of aquatic organisms formed of polyp (zoology), polyps, generally with 6-fold symmetry. It includes all of the stony corals, most of which are Colony (b ...

Description

''P. cylindrica'' is a

hermatypic Hermatypic corals are those corals in the order Scleractinia which build reefs by depositing hard calcareous material for their skeletons, forming the stony framework of the reef. Corals that do not contribute to coral reef development are referred ...

(reef-building) coral that can grow to a few square meters wide and form micro-atolls.Hoeksema, B. (2015).
Porites cylindrica

Dana, 1846
Accessed through
World Register of Marine Species
Retrieved 23 August 2018. They are typically cream colored, yellow, blue, pale brown or green.

Distribution and habitat

''P. cylindrica'' is common to abundant in shallow water areas 1–11 meters deep.The Encyclopedia of Earth (2012)
Coral reef zonationThe Encyclopedia of Earth
Retrieved 19 November 2015. They have also been observed 20 meters below surface waters. ''P. Cylindrica'' is found in back reefs and lagoons located in the waters of the oceanic West Pacific, Australia, the South China Sea, Japan, South-east Asia and the Indian Ocean.

References

Poritidae Corals described in 1846 {{scleractinia-stub