There have been no confirmed population declines in C. solandri. However, because of its affinity with coral reefs and seagrass beds, we infer that C. solandri may be experiencing population declines due to habitat loss in parts of its range. As of 2008, fifteen percent of the world’s coral reefs were considered under imminent threat of being “Effectively Lost” (with 90% of the corals lost and unlikely to recover soon), with regions in East Africa, South and South-east Asia, and the wider Caribbean being the most highly threatened (Wilkinson et al. 2008). Of 704 zooxanthellate reef-building coral species which were ... Read More