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Annotated Checklist for Stony Corals of American Saˉmoa With ISSN 1313-2970 (online) ISSN 1313-2989 (print) A peer-reviewed open-access journal ZooKeys 849 2019 Launched to accelerate biodiversity research The coral reefs of American Sāmoa have been studied for over 100 years, yet there has not been a complete synthesis of the stony coral diversity by within the region. To address this gap, we present a detailed annotated RECORDS DEPTH MESOPHOTIC TO REFERENCE WITH SĀMOA AMERICAN OF CORALS STONY FOR CHECKLIST ANNOTATED Anthony D. Montgomery, Douglas Fenner, Robert J. Toonen J. Robert Fenner, Douglas Anthony D. Montgomery, analysis of the shallow and mesophotic stony coral species of American ANNOTATED CHECKLIST FOR Sāmoa including scleractinian, milleporid, stylasterid, and helioporid spe- STONY CORALS OF AMERICAN cies. The information is presented in a manner that allows a reader to evaluate any given report beyond our analysis to account for various levels SĀMOA WITH REFERENCE TO of observational or taxonomical uncertainty. We further cross reference all MESOPHOTIC DEPTH RECORDS species names to those listed in Corals of the World to provide insight to different interpretations of species concepts. We present a total of 377 valid species from American Sāmoa with 342 BY ANTHONY D. MONTGOMERY, DOUGLAS FENNER, ROBERT J. TOONEN species considered either present (251) or possibly present (91). Of these 342 species, 66 have a recorded geographical range extension and 90 have been reported from mesophotic depths (30–150 m). Additionally, four new species records (Acanthastrea subechinata Veron, 2000, Favites paraflexuosus Veron, 2000, Echinophyllia echinoporoides Veron & Pichon, 1980, Turbinaria irregularis Bernard, 1896) are presented. 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