Biogeographic distribution

The IUCN red list states that Montipora digitata is found in Eastern Africa, Madagascar, Seychelles, Mauritius, Chagos Archipelago, northern Maldives, western India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Vietnam, southern Japan, Papua New Guinea, southwest to northeast Australia, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Palau, Micronesia, Marshall Islands, and Fiji (IUCN 2012). M. digitata is native to Australia. A full list of countries that M. digitata is native to can be seen at http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/full/133194/0.

FIGURE 5: The biogeographic distribution of Montipora Digitata. Image obtained from IUCN(International Union for Conservation of Nature) 2008. Montipora digitata. In:IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.1 <http://maps.iucnredlist.org/map.html?id=133194>