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Hawaii Coral ID
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Phylum Cnideria Class Hydrozoa-hydroids Class Scyphozoa- jellyfish Class Cubozoa- box jellies and sea wasps Class Anthozoa Subclass Hexacorallia- zoanthids, hermatypic corals Subclass Hexacorallia- zoanthids, hermatypic corals Order Scleractinia- reef builders Order Zoanthidea- zoanthids Subclass Ceriantipitharia- tube anenomes, black corals, Subclass Ceriantipitharia- tube anenomes, black corals, thorny corals Subclass Octocoralia- ahermatypic, octocorals, blue Subclass Octocoralia- ahermatypic, octocorals, blue coral 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 Palythoa tuberculosa - rubber coral Zoanthus pacificus
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Family Acroporidae: rice coral Montipora flabellata Montipora patula Montipora capitata Montipora verrucosa Order Scleractinia
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Acropora cytheria Order Scleractinia Family Acroporidae Table coral
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Family Agariciidae: flat lobe coral, corrugated coral Pavona duerdeni Pavona varians Flat lobe corrugated Order Scleractinia
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Family Faviidae: crust coral, ocellated coral Cyphastrae ocellina Leptastrea bottae Leptastrea purpurea Order Scleractinia
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Family Fungiidae: Humpback coral, mushroom coral Fungia scutaria mushroom Order Scleractinia
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Family Pocilloporidae: Lace coral, antler coral, and cauliflower coral Pocillopora damicornis lace Pocillopora eydouxi antler Pocillopora meaandrina cauliflower Order Scleractinia
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Family Poritidae: Finger coral, lobe coral, Evermann’s coral, plate and pillar coral Porites evermanniPorites rusPorites compressa Porites lobata Order Scleractinia
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Family Thamastreidae Psammocora stellata Order Scleractinia
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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 Both feed on zooplankton Wire coral Black coral
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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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Alcyonacae Soft coral
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Sea fan- Gorgonacae Sea pen- Pennatulacea
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Telestacea Snowflake coral
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