Corals of Chagos


Corals of Chagos documents the approximately 300 corals and reef building relatives that are found in the Chagos Archipelago.


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Acanthastrea
Acropora
Alveopora
Astrea
Astreopora
Balanophyllia
Bernardpora
Blastomussa
Caryophyllia
Catalaphyllia
Caulastrea
Coscinaraea
Crasterastrea
Ctenactis
Ctenella
Culicia
Cycloseris
Cynarina
Cyphastrea
Diaseris
Diploastrea
Echinophyllia
Echinopora
Euphyllia
Favia
Favites
Fungia
Galaxea
Gardineroseris
Goniastrea
Goniopora
Halomitra
Heliopora
Herpolitha
Hydnophora
Isopora
Leptastrea
Leptoria
Leptoseris
Lobophyllia
Madracis
Merulina
Millepora
Montipora
Mycedium
Oulophyllia
Oxypora
Pachyseris
Palauastrea
Paracyathus
Parascolymia
Parasimplastrea
Pavona
Phymastrea
Physogyra
Platygyra
Plerogyra
Plesiastrea
Pocillopora
Podabacia
Polyphyllia
Porites
Poritopora
Psammocora
Pseudosiderastrea
Rhizopsammia
Seriatopora
Siderastrea
Stylocoeniella
Stylophora
Symphyllia
Tubastraea
Tubipora
Turbinaria
Data Deficient (DD)
Endangered (EN)
Least Concern (LC)
Near Threatened (NT)
Not listed (NL)
Vulnerable (VU)
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Acanthastrea brevis

Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 

Acanthastrea echinata

(Dana, 1846) 

Acanthastrea faviaformis

Veron, 2000 

Acanthastrea hemprichii

(Ehrenberg, 1834) 

Acanthastrea regularis

Veron, 2000 

Acanthastrea subechinata

Veron, 2000 

Acropora aculeus

(Dana, 1846) 

Acropora acuminata

(Verrill, 1864) 

Acropora austera

(Dana, 1846) 

Acropora bifurcata

Nemenzo, 1971 

Acropora carolineana

Nemenzo, 1976 

Acropora cerealis

(Dana, 1846) 

Acropora chesterfieldensis

Veron & Wallace, 1984 

Acropora clathrata

(Brook, 1891) 

Acropora cytherea

(Dana, 1846) 

Acropora digitifera

(Dana, 1846) 

Acropora divaricata

(Dana, 1846) 

Acropora florida

(Dana, 1846) 

Acropora globiceps

(Dana, 1846) 

Acropora granulosa

(Milne Edwards & Haime, 1860) 

Acropora hemprichii

(Ehrenberg, 1834) 

Acropora hoeksemai

Wallace, 1997 

Acropora horrida

(Dana, 1846) 

Acropora humilis

(Dana, 1846) 

Acropora intermedia

(Brook, 1891) 

Acropora kirstyae

Veron & Wallace, 1984 

Acropora kosurini

Wallace, 1994 

Acropora latistella

(Brook, 1892) 

Acropora loripes

(Brook, 1892) 

Acropora lovelli

Veron & Wallace, 1984 

Acropora lutkeni

Crossland, 1952 

Acropora microclados

(Ehrenberg, 1834) 

Acropora muricata

Linneaus, 1758 

Acropora nasuta

(Dana, 1846) 

Acropora ocellata

(Klunzinger, 1879) 

Acropora paniculata

Verrill, 1902 

Acropora parahemprichii

Veron, 2000 

Acropora plantaginea

(Lamarck, 1816) 

Acropora proximalis

Veron, 2000 

Acropora rambleri

(Basset-Smith, 1890) 

Acropora retusa

(Dana, 1846) 

Acropora rosaria

(Dana, 1846) 

Acropora samoensis

(Brook, 1891) 

Acropora secale

(Studer, 1878) 

Acropora selago

(Studer, 1878) 

Acropora solitaryensis

Veron & Wallace, 1984 

Acropora species1

 

Acropora species2

 

Acropora speciosa

Wallace, 1999 

Acropora stoddarti

Pillai and Scheer, 1976 

Acropora striata

(Verrill, 1866) 

Acropora tizardi

(Brook, 1892) 

Acropora valida

(Dana, 1846) 

Acropora variabilis

(Klunzinger, 1879) 

Acropora variolosa

(Klunzinger, 1879) 

Acropora vaughani

Wells, 1954 

Acropora vermiculata

Nemenzo, 1967 

Acropora yongei

Veron & Wallace, 1984 

Alveopora allingi

Hoffmeister, 1925 

Alveopora daedalea

(ForsskÃ¥l, 1775) 

Alveopora fenestrata

(Lamarck, 1816) 

Alveopora spongiosa

Dana, 1864 

Astrea annuligera

(Milne Edwards and Haime, 1849) 

Astrea curta

(Dana, 1846) 

Astreopora cucullata

Lamberts, 1980 

Astreopora eliptica

Yabe and Sugiyama, 1941 

Astreopora gracilis

Bernard, 1896 

Astreopora listeri

Bernard, 1896 

Astreopora myriophthalma

(Lamarck, 1816) 

Astreopora ocellata

Bernard, 1896 

Balanophyllia species1

 

Bernardpora stutchburyi

(Wells, 1955) 

Blastomussa loyae

Head, 1978 

Blastomussa merletti

Wells, 1961 

Caryophyllia species1

 

Catalaphyllia jardinei

(Saville-Kent, 1893) 

Caulastrea connata

(Ortmann, 1892) 

Caulastrea tumida

Matthai, 1928 

Coscinaraea columna

(Dana, 1846) 

Coscinaraea crassa

Veron & Pichon, 1980 

Coscinaraea monile

(ForsskÃ¥l, 1775) 

Coscinaraea wellsi

Veron & Pichon, 1980 

Crasterastrea levis

Head, 1983 

Ctenactis crassa

(Dana, 1846) 

Ctenella chagius

Matthai, 1928 

Culicia fragilis

Chevalier, 1971 

Culicia rubeola

(Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) 

Cycloseris costulata

(Ortmann, 1889) 

Cycloseris cyclolites

(Lamarck, 1801) 

Cycloseris tenuis

(Dana, 1846) 

Cynarina lacrymalis

(Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) 

Cyphastrea chalcidicum

(ForsskÃ¥l, 1775) 

Cyphastrea hexasepta

Veron et al, 2000 

Cyphastrea microphthalma

(Lamarck, 1816) 

Cyphastrea species1

 

Diaseris distorta

(Michelin, 1843) 

Diploastrea heliopora

(Lamarck, 1816) 

Echinophyllia aspera

(Ellis & Solander, 1786) 

Echinophyllia echinata

(Saville-Kent, 1871) 

Echinophyllia echinoporoides

Veron & Pichon, 1980 

Echinophyllia species1

 

Echinopora gemmacea

Lamarck, 1816 

Echinopora hirsutissima

Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 

Echinopora lamellosa

(Esper, 1795) 

Echinopora robusta

Veron, 2000 

Euphyllia glabrescens

(Chamisso and Eysenhardt, 1821) 

Euphyllia paraancora

Veron, 1990 

Favia amicorum

(Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) 

Favia danae

Verrill, 1872 

Favia favus

(ForsskÃ¥l, 1775) 

Favia helianthoides

Wells, 1954 

Favia lacuna

Veron, Turak & De Vantier, 2000 

Favia laxa

(Klunzinger, 1879) 

Favia lizardensis

(Veron & Pichon, 1977) 

Favia marshae

Veron, 2000 

Favia matthai

Vaughan, 1918 

Favia maxima

Veron & Pichon, 1977 

Favia pallida

(Dana, 1846) 

Favia rotundata

(Veron & Pichon, 1977) 

Favia species1

 

Favia species2

 

Favia speciosa

Dana, 1846 

Favia stelligera

(Dana, 1846) 

Favia veroni

Moll & Borel-Best, 1984 

Favites abdita

(Ellis & Solander, 1786) 

Favites acuticollis

(Ortmann, 1889) 

Favites chinensis

(Verrill, 1866) 

Favites complanata

(Ehrenberg, 1834) 

Favites flexuosa

(Dana, 1846) 

Favites halicora

(Ehrenberg, 1834) 

Favites micropentagona

Veron, 2000 

Favites paraflexuosa

Veron, 2000 

Favites pentagona

Esper, 1794 

Favites russelli

(Wells, 1954) 

Favites species1

 

Favites species2

 

Favites stylifera

Yabe & Sugyama, 1937 

Fungia concinna

Verrill, 1864 

Fungia danai

Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851 

Fungia fungites

(Linnaeus, 1758) 

Fungia granulosa

Klunzinger, 1879 

Fungia horrida

Dana, 1846 

Fungia klunzingeri

Doderlein, 1901 

Fungia moluccensis

Horst, 1919 

Fungia paumotensis

Stutchbury, 1833 

Fungia repanda

Dana, 1846 

Fungia scruposa

Klunzinger, 1897 

Fungia scutaria

Lamarck, 1801 

Fungia seychellensis

Hoeksema, 1993 

Galaxea astreata

(Lamarck, 1816) 

Galaxea fascicularis

(Linnaeus, 1767) 

Gardineroseris planulata

(Dana, 1846) 

Goniastrea aspera

(Verrill, 1866) 

Goniastrea australiensis

(Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857) 

Goniastrea edwardsi

Chevalier, 1971 

Goniastrea minuta

Veron, 2000 

Goniastrea palauensis

(Yabe & Sugyama, 1936) 

Goniastrea pectinata

(Ehrenberg, 1834) 

Goniastrea peresi

(Faure & Pichon, 1978) 

Goniastrea retiformis

(Lamarck, 1816) 

Goniopora albiconus

Veron, 2000 

Goniopora ciliatus

Veron, 2000 

Goniopora columna

Dana, 1846 

Goniopora lobata

Milne Edwards & Haime, 1860 

Goniopora minor

Crossland, 1952 

Goniopora pandoraensis

Veron & Pichon, 1982 

Goniopora pendulus

Veron, 1985 

Goniopora savignyi

Dana, 1846 

Goniopora somaliensis

Vaughan, 1907 

Goniopora stokesi

Edwards & Haime, 1851 

Goniopora tenuidens

(Quelch, 1886) 

Halomitra pileus

(Linnaeus, 1758) 

Heliopora coerulea

(Pallas, 1766) 

Herpolitha limax

(Houttuyn, 1772) 

Herpolitha weberi

(van der Horst, 1921) 

Hydnophora exesa

(Pallas, 1766) 

Hydnophora microconos

(Lamarck, 1816) 

Hydnophora pilosa

Veron, 1985 

Isopora palifera

(Lamarck, 1815) 

Leptastrea aequalis

Veron, 2000 

Leptastrea bottae

(Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) 

Leptastrea pruinosa

Crossland, 1952 

Leptastrea purpurea

(Dana, 1846) 

Leptastrea purpurea

(Dana, 1846) 

Leptastrea transversa

Klunzinger, 1879 

Leptoria irregularis

Veron, 1990 

Leptoria phrygia

(Ellis & Solander, 1786) 

Leptoseris explanata

Yabe & Sugyama, 1941 

Leptoseris foliosa

Dinesen, 1980 

Leptoseris hawaiiensis

Vaughan, 1907 

Leptoseris incrustans

(Quelch, 1886) 

Leptoseris mycetoseroides

Wells, 1954 

Leptoseris scabra

Vaughan, 1907 

Leptoseris yabei

(Pillai & Scheer, 1976) 

Lobophyllia corymbosa

(ForsskÃ¥l, 1775) 

Lobophyllia diminuta

Veron, 1985 

Lobophyllia hemprichii

(Ehrenberg, 1834) 

Lobophyllia pachysepta

Chevallier, 1975 

Madracis asanoi

Yabe and Sugiyama, 1936 

Madracis kirbyi

Veron & Pichon, 1976 

Merulina ampliata

(Ellis & Solander, 1786) 

Millepora dichotoma

ForskÃ¥l, 1775 

Millepora exaesa

ForskÃ¥l, 1775 

Millepora latifolia

Boschma, 1948 

Millepora platyphylla

Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1834 

Montipora caliculata

(Dana, 1846) 

Montipora floweri

Wells, 1954 

Montipora grisea

Bernard, 1897 

Montipora hoffmeisteri

Wells, 1954 

Montipora informis

Bernard, 1897 

Montipora meandrina

(Ehrenberg, 1834) 

Montipora millepora

Crossland, 1952 

Montipora spongodes

Bernard, 1897 

Montipora tuberculosa

(Lamarck, 1816) 

Montipora turgescens

Bernard, 1897 

Montipora venosa

(Ehrenberg, 1834) 

Montipora verrucolosus

Veron, 2000 

Montipora verrucosa

(Lamarck, 1816) 

Mycedium elephantotus

(Pallas, 1766) 

Mycedium robokakai

Moll & Borel-Best, 1984 

Mycedium species1

This study 

Oulophyllia bennettae

Veron & Pichon, 1977 

Oulophyllia crispa

(Lamarck, 1816) 

Oxypora crassispinosa

Nemenzo, 1979 

Oxypora lacera

(Verrill, 1864) 

Pachyseris rugosa

(Lamarck, 1801) 

Pachyseris speciosa

(Dana, 1846) 

Palauastrea ramosa

Yabe and Sugiyama, 1941 

Paracyathus species1

 

Parascolymia vitiensis

(Bruggemann, 1877) 

Parasimplastrea omanensis

Sheppard & Sheppard, 1991 

Pavona cactus

(ForsskÃ¥l, 1775) 

Pavona chiriquensis

Glynn, Mate & Stemann, 2001 

Pavona clavus

(Dana, 1846) 

Pavona decussata

Dana, 1846 

Pavona diffluens

(Lamarck, 1816) 

Pavona duerdeni

Vaughan, 1907 

Pavona explanulata

(Lamarck, 1816) 

Pavona maldivensis

(Gardiner, 1905) 

Pavona varians

Verrill, 1864 

Pavona venosa

(Ehrenberg, 1834) 

Phymastrea magnistellata

(Chevallier, 1971) 

Phymastrea valenciennsi

(Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) 

Physogyra lichtensteini

(Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851) 

Platygyra contorta

Veron, 1990 

Platygyra crosslandi

Matthai, 1928 

Platygyra daedala

(Ellis & Solander, 1786) 

Platygyra lamellina

(Ehrenberg, 1834) 

Platygyra pini

Chevalier, 1975 

Platygyra ryukuensis

Yabe and Sugiyama, 1936 

Platygyra sinensis

(Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) 

Platygyra verweyi

Wiisman-Best, 1976 

Plerogyra sinuosa

(Dana, 1846) 

Plesiastrea versipora

(Lamarck, 1816) 

Pocillopora damicornis

(Linnaeus, 1758) 

Pocillopora danae

Verrill, 1864 

Pocillopora eydouxi

Milne Edwards & Haime, 1860 

Pocillopora meandrina

Dana, 1846 

Pocillopora verrucosa

(Ellis & Solander, 1786) 

Podabacia crustacea

(Pallas, 1766) 

Podabacia motuporensis

Veron, 1990 

Polyphyllia talpina

(Lamarck, 1801) 

Porites arnaudi

Reyes-Bonilla & Carricart-Garnivet, 2000 

Porites attenuata

Nemenzo, 1955 

Porites australiensis

Vaughan, 1918 

Porites cylindrica

Dana, 1846 

Porites evermanni

Vaughan, 1907 

Porites horizontalata

Hoffmeister, 1925 

Porites lichen

Dana, 1846 

Porites lobata

Dana, 1846 

Porites lutea

Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851 

Porites monticulosa

Dana, 1846 

Porites myrmidonensis

Veron, 1985 

Porites nigrescens

Dana, 1846 

Porites rus

(Forskal, 1775) 

Porites solida

(Forskal, 1775) 

Poritopora paliformis

Veron, 2000 

Psammocora explanulata

van der Horst, 1922 

Psammocora nierstazi

van der Horst, 1921 

Psammocora profundacella

Gardiner, 1898 

Pseudosiderastrea tayami

Yabe and Sugiyama, 1935 

Rhizopsammia verrilli

van der Horst, 1922 

Seriatopora aculeata

Quelch, 1886 

Seriatopora hystrix

Dana, 1846 

Siderastrea savignyana

Milne Edwards & Haime, 1850 

Stylocoeniella guentheri

Basset-Smith, 1890 

Stylophora pistillata

Esper, 1797 

Stylophora subseriata

(Ehrenberg, 1834) 

Symphyllia agaricia

Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 

Symphyllia hassi

Pillai & Scheer, 1976 

Symphyllia radians

Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 

Symphyllia recta

(Dana, 1846) 

Symphyllia valenciennesi

Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 

Tubastraea coccinea

(Ehrenberg, 1834) 

Tubastraea micranthus

(Ehrenberg, 1834) 

Tubipora musica

Linnaeus, 1758 

Turbinaria heronensis

Wells, 1958 

Turbinaria irregularis

Bernard, 1896 

Turbinaria mesenterina

(Lamarck, 1816) 

Turbinaria reniformis

Bernard, 1896 

Turbinaria stellulata

Bernard, 1896