Hard Corals of India
Venkataraman, K., Satyanarayana, Ch., Alfred, J. R. B. and Wolstenholme, J.
pp 1 - 266 | November 2003
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Introduction
- Coral Reef Associates
Coral Biology- Coral Taxonomy
- List of Scleractinian Species
- Family : Acroporidae Verrill, 1902
- Genus : Montipora de Blainville, 1830
- 1. M. foliosa (Pallas, 1766)
- 2. M. aequituberculata Bernard, 1897
- 3. M. monasteriata (Forskal, 1775)
- 4. M. tuberculosa (Lamarck, 1816)
- 5. M. peltiformis Bernard, 1897
- 6. M. informis Bernard, 1897
- 7. M. spumosa (Lamarck, 1816)
- 8. M. turgescens Bernard, 1897
- 9. M. venosa (Ehrenberg, 1834)
- 10. M. verrucosa (Lamarck, 1816)
- 11. M. hispida (Dana, 1846)
- 12. M. digitata (Dana, 1846)
- 13. M. angulata (Lamarck, 1816)
- 14. M. millepora Crossland, 1952
- 15. M. spongiosa (Ehrenberg, 1834)
- 16. M. jonesi Pillai, 1969
- 17. M. manauliensis Pillai, 1967
- 18. M. edwardsi Bernard, 1897
- 19. M. explanata Brueggeman, 1879
- 20. M. exserta Quelch, 1886
- Genus : Acropora Oken, 1815
- 21. A. rudis (Rehberg, 1892)
- 22. A. humilis (Dana, 1846)
- 23. A. gemmifera (Brook, 1892)
- 24. A. monticulosa (Bruggemann, 1879)
- 25. A. samoensis (Brook, 1891)
- 26. A. digitifera (Dana, 1846)
- 27. A. multiacuta Nemenzo, 1967
- 28. A. nasuta (Dana, 1846)
- 29. A. valida (Dana, 1846)
- 30. A. secale (Studer, 1878)
- 31. A. lutkeni Crossland, 1952
- 32. A. divaricata (Dana, 1846)
- 33. A. solitaryensis Veron and Wallace, 1984
- 34. A. clathrata (Brook, 1891)
- 35. A. glauca (Brook, 1893)
- 36. A. muricata (Linaeus, 1758)
- 37. A. grandis (Brook, 1892)
- 38. A. valenciennesi (Milne Edwards and Haime, 1816)
- 39. A. abrotanoides (Lamarck, 1816)
- 40. A. robusta (Dana, 1846)
- 41. A. palmerae Wells, 1954
- 42. A. intermedia (Dana, 1846)
- 43. A. tenuis (Dana, 1846)
- 44. A. aspera (Dana, 1846)
- 45. A. millepora (Ehrenberg, 1834)
- 46. A. spicifera (Dana, 1846)
- 47. A. papillare Latypov, 1992
- 48. A. florida (Dana, 1846)
- 49. A. hyacinthus (Dana, 1846)
- 50. A. cytherea (Dana, 1846)
- 51. A. microclados (ehrenberg, 1834)
- 52. A. microphthalma (Verrill, 1869)
- 53. A. loripes (Brook, 1892)
- 54. A. granulosa (Milne Edwards and Haime, 1860)
- 55. A. caroliniana Nemenzo, 1976
- 56. A. echinata (Dana, 1846)
- 57. A. subglabra (Brook, 1891)
- 58. A. carduus (Dana, 1846)
- 59. A. longicyathus (Milne Edwards and Haime, 1860)
- 60. A. palifera (Lamarck, 1816)
- 61. A. brueggemanni (Brook, 1893)
- 62. A. austera (Dana, 1846)
- 63. A. pulchra (Brook, 1891)
- 64. A. anthocercis (Brook, 1893)
- 65. A. polystoma (Brook, 1891)
- 66. A. latistella (Brook, 1892)
- 67. A. hemprichii (Ehrenberg, 1834)
- Genus : Astreopora de Blainville, 1830
- Family : Astrocoeniidae Koby, 1890
- Family : Pocilloporidae Gray, 1842
- Family : Euphyllidae Veron, 2000
- Family : Oculinidae Gray, 1847
- Family : Siderastreidae Vaughan and Wells, 1943
- Family : Agariciidae Gray, 1847
- Family : Fungiidae Dana, 1846
- Genus : Cycloseris Milne Edwards and Haime, 1849
- Genus : Diaseris Milne Edwards and Haime, 1849
- Genus : Fungia Lamarck, 1801
- Genus : Ctenactis Verrill, 1864
- Genus : Herpolitha Eschscholtz, 1825
- Genus : Polyphyllia Quoy and Gaimard, 1833
- Genus : Sandalolitha Quelch, 1884
- Genus : Halomitra Dana, 1846
- Genus : Lithophyllon Rehberg, 1892
- Genus : Podabacia Milne Edwards and Haime, 1849
- Family : Pectiniidae Vaughan and Wells, 1943
- Family : Merulinidae Verrill, 1846
- Family : Dendrophylliidae Gray, 1847
- Family : Mussidae Ortmann, 1890
- Family : Faviidae Gregory, 1900
- Genus : Favia Oken, 1815
- Genus : Favites Link, 1807
- Genus : Goniastrea Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848
- Genus : Platygyra Ehrenberg, 1834
- Genus : Oulophyllia Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848
- Genus : Leptoria Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848
- Genus : Montastrea de Blainville, 1830
- Genus : Plesiastrea Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848
- Genus : Oulastrea Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848
- Genus : Diploastrea Matthai, 1914
- Genus : Leptastrea Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848
- Genus : Cyphastrea Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848
- Genus : Echinopora Lamarck, 1816
- Family : Trachyphylliidae
- Family : Poritidae Gray, 1842
- Genus : Porites Link, 1807
- 190. P. lutea Milne Edwards and Haime, 1860
- 191. P. lobata Dana, 1846
- 192. P. solida (Forskal, 1775)
- 193. P. lichen Dana, 1846
- 194. P. nigrescens Dana, 1846
- 195. P. compressa Dana, 1846
- 196. P. exserta Pillai, 1969
- 197. P. mannarensis Pillai, 1969
- 198. P. minicoensis Pillai, 1969
- 199. P. murrayensis Vaughan, 1918
- 200. P. rus (Forskal, 1775)
- Genus : Goniopora de Blainville, 1830
- Genus : Alveopora de Blainville, 1830
- Non Scleractinian Corals
- Ahermatypic Corals
- Diversity of Corals in the Four Major Coral Reefs of India
- Monospecific Genera of Scleractinian Corals
- Endemicity of Coral Species in India
- Diversity Characteristics of the Scleractinian Fauna of India
- Values of Coral Reefs
- Threats to Coral Reefs of India
- Natural Stress to Coral Reefs
- Human Impacts on Coral Reefs
- Palk Bay and Gulf of Mannar
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- Lakshadweep
- Gulf of Kachchh
- Conservation
- Help the Conservation of Coral Reefs in the Marine Protected Area
- Appendix 1. List of coral species identified during underwater field mission
- Appendix 2. The National Zoological Collection of corals identified by Dr. Carden Wallace and J. Wolstenholme at Museum of Tropical Queensland, Australia
- Appendix 3. Common names of corals
- Explanation of Terms Used in the Identification of Coral Species
- Suggested Readings