SCLERACTINIAN REEF CORALS: IDENTIFICATION NOTES By JACKIE WOLSTENHOLME James Cook University AUGUST 2004 DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.24656.51205 http://dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.24656.51205 Scleractinian Reef Corals: Identification Notes by Jackie Wolstenholme is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS ........................................................................................................................................ i INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................................................. 1 ABBREVIATIONS AND DEFINITIONS ............................................................................................................. 2 FAMILY ACROPORIDAE.................................................................................................................................... 3 Montipora ........................................................................................................................................................... 3 Massive/thick plates/encrusting & tuberculae/papillae ................................................................................... 3 Montipora monasteriata .............................................................................................................................. 3 Massive/thick plates/encrusting & papillae .................................................................................................... 3 Montipora tuberculosa ................................................................................................................................ 3 Montipora efflorescens ............................................................................................................................... 3 Montipora nodosa ....................................................................................................................................... 4 Montipora grisea ......................................................................................................................................... 4 Montipora crassituberculata ........................................................................................................................ 4 Montipora calcarea ..................................................................................................................................... 4 Montipora effusa ......................................................................................................................................... 4 Massive/thick plates/encrusting & tuberculae ................................................................................................ 5 Montipora hoffmeisteri ............................................................................................................................... 5 Montipora floweri ....................................................................................................................................... 5 Montipora millepora ................................................................................................................................... 5 Massive/thick plates/encrusting & NO tuberculae or papillae ........................................................................ 5 Montipora foveolata.................................................................................................................................... 5 Montipora venosa ....................................................................................................................................... 6 Montipora caliculata ................................................................................................................................... 6 Massive/thick plates/encrusting with columns/nodules & tuberculae ............................................................ 6 Montipora mollis ........................................................................................................................................ 6 Massive/thick plates/encrusting with columns/nodules & NO tuberculae or papillae .................................... 6 Montipora angulata ..................................................................................................................................... 6 Massive/thick plates/encrusting with columns/nodules & papillae ................................................................ 7 Montipora australiensis ............................................................................................................................... 7 Montipora corbettensis ............................................................................................................................... 7 Montipora informis ..................................................................................................................................... 7 Plates with or without nodules or columns & papillae ................................................................................... 8 Montipora turtlensis .................................................................................................................................... 8 Montipora stellata ....................................................................................................................................... 8 Plates with or without nodules or columns & no tuberculae OR papillae ...................................................... 8 Jackie Wolstenholme, Scleractinian Reef Corals: Identification Notes, August 2004 | Page i Montipora spongodes.................................................................................................................................. 8 Montipora spumosa .................................................................................................................................... 9 Montipora capricornis ................................................................................................................................. 9 Plates with or without nodules or columns & tuberculae ............................................................................... 9 Montipora undata ........................................................................................................................................ 9 Montipora confusa ...................................................................................................................................... 9 Plates with nodules or columns & papillae ................................................................................................... 10 Montipora foliosa...................................................................................................................................... 10 Montipora aequituberculata ...................................................................................................................... 10 Branching & no tuberculae or papillae ......................................................................................................... 10 Montipora digitata .................................................................................................................................... 10 Montipora tortuosa.................................................................................................................................... 10 Range of growth forms: massive/plates, with or without nodules/columns & papillae ................................ 11 Montipora peltiformis ............................................................................................................................... 11 Montipora hispida ..................................................................................................................................... 11 Range of growth forms: massive/plates, with or without nodules/columns & NO tuberculae or papillae ... 11 Montipora turgescens ................................................................................................................................ 11 Range of growth forms: massive/plates, with or without nodules/columns & tuberculae ............................ 11 Montipora danae ....................................................................................................................................... 11 Montipora verrucosa ................................................................................................................................. 12 Montipora incrassata ................................................................................................................................. 12 Comparison of Montipora species ...................................................................................................................... 1 Anacropora ......................................................................................................................................................... 1 Anacropora forbesi ..................................................................................................................................... 1 Anacropora puertogalerae ........................................................................................................................... 1 Anacropora reticulata .................................................................................................................................. 1 Anacropora matthaii 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