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Hawaii Coral Identification

Explore the diverse families of stony corals in Hawaii: Pocilloporidae, Acroporidae, Poritidae, Agariciidae, Fungiidae, Faviidae. Also learn about non-reef-building corals like Black Coral and Soft Coral in this comprehensive guide.

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Hawaii Coral Identification

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  1. Hawaii Coral Identification

  2. Stony Corals- hermatypic Phylum Cnidaria Class Anthozoa Subclass Hexacorallia Order Scleractinia • Family Pocilloporidae • Family Acroporidae • Family Poritidae • Family Agariciidae • Family Fungiidae • Family Faviidae http://krupp.wcc.hawaii.edu/BIOL200/hawcoral/corindex.htm

  3. Family Pocilloporidae Lace coral, antler coral, and cauliflower coral lace Pocillopora damicornis cauliflower antler Pocillopora eydouxi Pocillopora meandrina

  4. Family Acroporidae Table coral, rice coral and spreading coral rice coral Montipora patula Montipora flabellata table Montipora capitata Acropora cytheria

  5. Family Poritidae Finger coral, lobe coral, Evermann’s coral, plate and pillar coral Porites lobata Porites rus

  6. Family Poritidae Finger coral, lobe coral, Evermann’s coral, plate and pillar coral Porites evermanni Porites compressa

  7. Family Agariciidae flat lobe coral, corrugated coral corrugated Flat lobe Pavona varians Pavona duerdeni

  8. Family Fungiidae Humpback coral, mushroom coral mushroom Fungia scutaria

  9. Family Faviidae crust coral, ocellated coral ocellated Cyphastrae ocellina Leptastrea purpurea

  10. Family Faviidae crust coral, ocellated coral Agassiz's Coral (Plocoid Crust Coral) Cyphastrea agassizi (Formally Leptastrea bottae)

  11. Non Reef-Building Corals ahermatypic

  12. Family Dendrophyllidae Orange cup coral Tubastrea coccina

  13. Family Antipathiidae Black coral, wire coral, - not an octocoral Black coral Wire coral Both feed on zooplankton

  14. Phylum Cnidaria • Class Anthozoa • Subclass Octocorallia • Order Alcyonacae- soft coral • Order Coenothyecalia- blue coral (not found in Hawaii) • Order Gorgonacea- sea fans • Order Pennatulacea- sea pens • Order Telestacea- snowflake corals

  15. Soft coral Alcyonacae

  16. Sea fan- Gorgonacae Sea pen- Pennatulacea

  17. Telestacea Snowflake coral Carijoa riisei

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