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 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
(Forsskål, 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
(Forsskål, 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
(Forsskål, 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
(Forsskål, 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
(Forsskål, 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
Forskål, 1775
Millepora exaesa
Forskål, 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
(Forsskål, 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