Hawaii Coral Identification

Stony Corals- hermatypic Phylum Cnidaria Class Anthozoa Subclass Hexacorallia Subclass Hexacorallia Order Scleractinia Family Pocilloporidae Family Acroporidae Family Poritidae Family Agariciidae Family Fungiidae Family Faviidae

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

Family Acroporidae Table coral, rice coral and spreading coral Montipora flabellata Montipora patula rice coral Montipora capitataAcropora cytheria table

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

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

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

Family Fungiidae Humpback coral, mushroom coral Fungia scutaria mushroom

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

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

Non Reef-Building Corals ahermatypic

Family Dendrophyllidae Orange cup coral Tubastrea coccina

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

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

Alcyonacae Soft coral

Sea fan- Gorgonacae Sea pen- Pennatulacea

Telestacea Snowflake coral Carijoa riisei