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Pachyseris

  • lines parallel to edge
  • bumps in the middle
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Porites

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Echinopora

  • same beaded texture as Montipora
  • bumpy corallites
  • could be confused with Astreopora BUT corallites are not crater-like
  • corallites are more spaced apart than Astreopora
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  • left: Montipora
  • right: Porites
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Podabacia

  • Thick/rough lines or septa toward corallite centers/mouth
  • Differentiated from Leptoseris by rougher texture
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Podabacia

  • Thick/rough lines or septa toward corallite centers/mouth
  • Differentiated from Leptoseris by rougher texture
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Dipsastrea

  • No paliform lobes
  • Cookies are DIPped in tea”
  • Sometimes confused with Favites
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Echinophyllia

  • Brown/grey, mouldy appearance
  • Aggressive look
  • Corallites are raised and spaced out
  • Less obvious corallites than Acanthastrea
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Goniastrea

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Coelastrea

  • Green mouth with green paliform lobes
  • Brown walls
  • Walls have grooved septa
  • Elongated structures
  • If not green → possibly Goniastrea
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Portites

*bleached

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Merulina

  • Zipper-like structure
  • Bumps in the middle
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Merulina

  • Zipper-like structure
  • Bumps in the middle
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Echinophyllia

  • Brown/grey, mouldy appearance
  • Aggressive look
  • Corallites are raised and spaced out
  • Less obvious corallites than Acanthastrea
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Acanthastrea

  • Mouldy appearance
  • Bigger, bumpy corallites than Echinophyllia
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Lobophyllia

  • Thick, massive, spongy walls
  • Roundish walls (vs Platygyra)
  • White bumps are mouths
  • Septa-teeth give carpet-like structure
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Lobophyllia

  • Thick, massive, spongy walls
  • Roundish walls (vs Platygyra)
  • White bumps are mouths
  • Septa-teeth give carpet-like structure
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Acanthastrea

  • Mouldy appearance
  • Bigger, bumpy corallites than Echinophyllia
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Acanthastrea

  • Mouldy appearance
  • Bigger, bumpy corallites than Echinophyllia
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Pectinia

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Pectinia

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Pectinia

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Favites

  • Irregular septa and corallites (compared to Goniastrea)
  • Can have paliform lobes
  • Messy structure
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Cyphastrea

  • Beaded texture between corallites
  • Thick septa that do not alternate (unlike Leptastrea)
  • Corallites are close together
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Cyphastrea * Beaded texture between corallites * Thick septa that do not alternate (unlike Leptastrea) * Corallites are close together
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Coelastrea * Green mouth with green paliform lobes * Brown walls * Walls have grooved septa * Elongated structures * If not green → possibly Goniastrea
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Pavona * Tentacles come from star-tip ends * Star-shaped tentacles
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Pavona * Tentacles come from star-tip ends * Star-shaped tentacles
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Pachyseris * lines parallel to edge * bumps in the middle
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Pachyseris * lines parallel to edge * bumps in the middle
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Pachyseris * lines parallel to edge * bumps in the middle * bumps are little barnacles
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Psammocora * Daisy-like corallites * Much smaller than Pavona * picture: zoomed in
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Lobophyllia * Thick, massive, spongy walls * Roundish walls (vs Platygyra) * White bumps are mouths * Septa-teeth give carpet-like structure
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Galaxea * See-through tentacles around skeleton * Polyps visible around skeleton
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Diadema * seaurchin
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Acropora * Bleached vs unbleached
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Echinopora
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Echinopora
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Goniastrea * Paliform lobes around the mouth (not empty-looking) * Smaller corallites than Coelastrea
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Coelastrea * Green mouth with green paliform lobes * Brown walls * Walls have grooved septa * Elongated structures * If not green → possibly Goniastrea
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Goniastrea * Paliform lobes around the mouth (not empty-looking) * Smaller corallites than Coelastrea
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Lobophyllia * Thick, massive, spongy walls * Roundish walls (vs Platygyra) * White bumps are mouths * Septa-teeth give carpet-like structure
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Lobophyllia * Thick, massive, spongy walls * Roundish walls (vs Platygyra) * White bumps are mouths * Septa-teeth give carpet-like structure
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Lithophyllia * Shiny, pearly mouth
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Lithophyllia * Shiny, pearly mouth
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Platygyra * Very elongated, mazy structures * No paliform lobes
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Platygyra * Very elongated, mazy structures * No paliform lobes
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Lobophyllia * Thick, massive, spongy walls * Roundish walls (vs Platygyra) * White bumps are mouths * Septa-teeth give carpet-like structure
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Lobophyllia * Thick, massive, spongy walls * Roundish walls (vs Platygyra) * White bumps are mouths * Septa-teeth give carpet-like structure
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Podabacia * Thick/rough lines or septa toward corallite centers/mouth * Differentiated from Leptoseris by rougher texture
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Podabacia * Thick/rough lines or septa toward corallite centers/mouth * Differentiated from Leptoseris by rougher texture
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Lobophyllia * here: Juvenile * Thick, massive, spongy walls * Roundish walls (vs Platygyra) * White bumps are mouths * Septa-teeth give carpet-like structure
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Pavona * Tentacles come from star-tip ends * Star-shaped tentacles
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Galaxea * Juvenile * See-through tentacles around skeleton * Polyps visible around skeleton
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Dipsastrea * No paliform lobes * Cookies are DIPped in tea" * Sometimes confused with Favites
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Favites * Irregular septa and corallites (compared to Goniastrea) * Can have paliform lobes * Messy structure
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Acanthastrea * Mouldy appearance * Bigger, bumpy corallites than Echinophyllia - picture: zoomed in
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Echinophyllia * Brown/grey, mouldy appearance * Aggressive look * Corallites are raised and spaced out * Less obvious corallites than Acanthastrea
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Echinophyllia * Brown/grey, mouldy appearance * Aggressive look * Corallites are raised and spaced out * Less obvious corallites than Acanthastrea
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Galaxea * See-through tentacles around skeleton * Polyps visible around skeleton
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Favites * Irregular septa and corallites (compared to Goniastrea) * Can have paliform lobes * Messy structure
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Pavona * Tentacles come from star-tip ends * Star-shaped tentacles
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Pavona * Tentacles come from star-tip ends * Star-shaped tentacles
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Echinophyllia * Brown/grey, mouldy appearance * Aggressive look * Corallites are raised and spaced out * Less obvious corallites than Acanthastrea
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Echinophyllia * Brown/grey, mouldy appearance * Aggressive look * Corallites are raised and spaced out * Less obvious corallites than Acanthastrea
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Plerogyra * bubbly * meandering * vesicle-bubbles are protecting polyps underneath
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Plerogyra * bubbly * meandering * vesicle-bubbles are protecting polyps underneath
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Goniopora * 24 tentacles (vs Alveopora with 12)
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Goniopora * 24 tentacles (vs Alveopora with 12)
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Porites * sick * has a tumor * hyperplasia (raised and still a bit coloured) * right corner --> healthy part observable
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Favites * Irregular septa and corallites (compared to Goniastrea) * Can have paliform lobes * Messy structure
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Hydnophora * Mouth between ridges/monticules with tentacles
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Cushion Star
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Pavona * partially bleached or eaten by Cushion Star
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Pavona *left: unbleached * right: bleached * partially bleached or eaten by Cushion Star
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Pavona * Tentacles come from star-tip ends * Star-shaped tentacles
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Turbinaria * “cow udders”
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Galaxea * See-through tentacles around skeleton * Polyps visible around skeleton
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Echinophyllia * Brown/grey, mouldy appearance * Aggressive look * Corallites are raised and spaced out * Less obvious corallites than Acanthastrea
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anemone * not a coral
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Psammocora
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Psammocora * Daisy-like corallites * Much smaller than Pavona
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Psammocora * Daisy-like corallites * Much smaller than Pavona
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Pavona * Tentacles come from star-tip ends * Star-shaped tentacles * partially bleached
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Echinophyllia * Brown/grey, mouldy appearance * Aggressive look * Corallites are raised and spaced out * Less obvious corallites than Acanthastrea
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Montipora * “pimples” * Lacks septa around mouth (differs from Cyphastrea) * corallites are closer * White part indicates feeding
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Porites
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Dipsastrea * No paliform lobes * Cookies are DIPped in tea" * Sometimes confused with Favites * can be moldy like here
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cute anemone <3
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Pavona * Tentacles come from star-tip ends * Star-shaped tentacles
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Pectinia
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Echinothrix * sea urchin
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Acropora
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Goniopora * 24 tentacles (vs Alveopora with 12) * partially bleached
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Plerogyra * bubbly * meandering * vesicle-bubbles are protecting polyps underneath
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Pocillopora * Pepper-like corallites * Very rounded tips
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Pocillopora * Pepper-like corallites * Very rounded tips * unhealthy
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Cyphastrea * Beaded texture between corallites * Thick septa that do not alternate (unlike Leptastrea) * Corallites are close together
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Cyphastrea * Beaded texture between corallites * Thick septa that do not alternate (unlike Leptastrea) * Corallites are close together

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