Honeycomb Corals and Allies - Family: Merulinidae
|
Astrea curta
|
|
Elegance Coral - Catalaphyllia jardinei
|
|
Cyphastrea chalcidicum
|
Cyphastrea serailia
Dipsastraea pallida
Dipsastraea speciosa
Echinopora mammiformis
Favites abdita
Favites flexuosa
Favites halicora
Lesser Star Coral - Goniastrea pectinata
Encrusting Horn Coral - Hydnophora exesa
Hydnophora pilosa
Leptoria phrygia (possible occurrence)
Mycedium elephantotos
Paragonistrea australensis
Lesser Valley Coral - Platygyra daedala
Lesser Valley Coral - Platygyra lamellina
Lesser Valley Coral - Platygyra pini
Taxonomy:
Phylum: Cnidaria (Cnidarians)
> Class: Anthozoa (Sea Anemones and Corals)
> Subclass: Hexacorallia (Hexacorallians)
> Order: Scleractinia (Stony Corals)
> Family: Merulinidae (Honeycomb Corals and Allies)
> Genus: Astrea
> Species: A. curta
> Genus: Catalaphyllia
> Species: C. jardinei - Elegance Coral
> Genus: Cyphastrea
> Species: C. chalcidicum
> Species: C. serailia
> Genus: Dipsastraea
> Species: D. pallida
> Species: D. speciosa
> Genus: Echinopora
> Species: E. mammiformis
> Genus: Favites (Honeycomb Corals)
> Species: F. abdita
> Species: F. flexuosa
> Species: F. halicora
> Genus: Goniastrea
> Species: G. pectinata - Lesser Star Coral
> Genus: Hydnophora (Horn Corals)
> Species: H. exesa - Encrusting Horn Coral
> Species: H. pilosa
> Genus: Leptoria
> Species: L. phrygia ^
> Genus: Mycedium
> Species: M. elephantotos
> Genus: Paragoniastrea
> Species: P. australensis
> Genus: Platygyra (Greater Maze Corals)
> Species: P. daedalea - Lesser Valley Coral
> Species: P. lamellina - Lesser Valley Coral
> Species: P. pini - Lesser Valley Coral
^ = possibly
* = likely
References and links:
Photographic contributions: