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Hawaii Coral ID
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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
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“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
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Order Zoanthidea - zoanthids
Zoanthus pacificus Palythoa tuberculosa - rubber coral
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Family Acroporidae: rice coral
Order Scleractinia Family Acroporidae: rice coral Montipora patula Montipora flabellata Montipora verrucosa Montipora capitata
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Order Scleractinia Family Acroporidae Table coral Acropora cytheria
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Family Agariciidae: flat lobe coral, corrugated coral
Order Scleractinia Family Agariciidae: flat lobe coral, corrugated coral Flat lobe corrugated Pavona duerdeni Pavona varians
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crust coral, ocellated coral
Order Scleractinia Family Faviidae: crust coral, ocellated coral Agassiz's Coral (Cyphastrea agassizi (Formally Leptastrea bottae) Cyphastrae ocellina Leptastrea purpurea
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Humpback coral, mushroom coral
Order Scleractinia Family Fungiidae: Humpback coral, mushroom coral mushroom Fungia scutaria
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Family Pocilloporidae: Lace coral, antler coral, and cauliflower coral
Order Scleractinia lace Pocillopora damicornis antler cauliflower Pocillopora eydouxi Pocillopora meaandrina
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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
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Order Scleractinia Family Thamastreidae Psammocora stellata
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Non Reef-Building Corals
ahermatypic
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Family Dendrophyllidae
Orange cup coral Tubastrea coccina
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Family Antipathiidae Black coral, wire coral, - not an octocoral Black coral Wire coral Both feed on zooplankton
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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
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Soft coral Alcyonacae
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Sea fan- Gorgonacae Sea pen- Pennatulacea
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Telestacea Snowflake coral
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