Hawaii Coral ID

Class Hydrozoa-hydroids Class Scyphozoa- jellyfish Phylum Cnideria Class Hydrozoa-hydroids Class Scyphozoa- jellyfish Class Cubozoa- box jellies and sea wasps Class Anthozoa Subclass Hexacorallia- zoanthids, hermatypic corals Order Scleractinia- reef builders Order Zoanthidea- zoanthids Subclass Ceriantipitharia- tube anenomes, black corals, thorny corals Subclass Octocoralia- ahermatypic, octocorals, blue coral Order Helioporacea- blue coral Order Alyconacea- leather corals Order Pennatulacea- sea pen

“True” Stony Corals Hermatypic- reef building, zooxanthellae Common species: Acroporidae- table Acroporidea- rice Agariciidae- flat lobe, corregated Faviidae- crust, ocellated Fungiidae- humpback, mushroom Pocilloporidae- lace, antler, cauliflower Poritidae- finger, lobe, plate Thamastreidae

Order Zoanthidea - zoanthids Zoanthus pacificus Palythoa tuberculosa - rubber coral

Family Acroporidae: rice coral Order Scleractinia Family Acroporidae: rice coral Montipora patula Montipora flabellata Montipora verrucosa Montipora capitata

Order Scleractinia Family Acroporidae Table coral Acropora cytheria

Family Agariciidae: flat lobe coral, corrugated coral Order Scleractinia Family Agariciidae: flat lobe coral, corrugated coral Flat lobe corrugated Pavona duerdeni Pavona varians

crust coral, ocellated coral Order Scleractinia Family Faviidae: crust coral, ocellated coral Agassiz's Coral (Cyphastrea agassizi (Formally Leptastrea bottae) Cyphastrae ocellina Leptastrea purpurea

Humpback coral, mushroom coral Order Scleractinia Family Fungiidae: Humpback coral, mushroom coral mushroom Fungia scutaria

Family Pocilloporidae: Lace coral, antler coral, and cauliflower coral Order Scleractinia lace Pocillopora damicornis antler cauliflower Pocillopora eydouxi Pocillopora meaandrina

Finger coral, lobe coral, Evermann’s coral, plate and pillar coral Order Scleractinia Family Poritidae: Finger coral, lobe coral, Evermann’s coral, plate and pillar coral Porites lobata Porites evermanni Porites rus Porites compressa

Order Scleractinia Family Thamastreidae Psammocora stellata

Non Reef-Building Corals ahermatypic

Family Dendrophyllidae Orange cup coral Tubastrea coccina

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

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

Soft coral Alcyonacae

Sea fan- Gorgonacae Sea pen- Pennatulacea

Telestacea Snowflake coral

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