Fire corals (Millepora boschmai)
Found: Indonesia, Gulf of ChiriquÃ, Panama Pacific Province. Possibly extinct from Australia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Panama, Singapore and Thailand.
Threats: Collected for decoration and jewellery trade. This group is also sensitive to temperature rise, and is thought to have completely disappeared from the majority of marine areas possibly because of growing global warming related bleaching effects.
Other Critically Endangered Species of India
birds mammals reptiles
amphibians
fish coral
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