Learn Your Corals

Wondering what that coral was you saw recently? Here we have shown the more common species of corals found on Hawai‘i’s reefs.

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: Red rice coral (Montipora capitata)

: Red rice coral (Montipora capitata)

: Tan/purple rice coral (Montipora patula

: Red rice coral close up (Montipora capitata)

: Tan/purple rice coral (Montipora patula)

: Red rice coral (Montipora capitata)

: Red rice coral close up (Montipora capitata)

: Tan/Purple rice coral (Montipora patula)

: Tan/Purple rice coral (Montipora patula)

: Left: Red rice coral (Montipora capitata) and Right: Tan/Purple rice coral (Montipora patula)

: Blue rice coral (Montipora flabellata)

: Blue rice coral (Montipora flabellata)

: Blue rice coral (Montipora flabellata)

: Corrugated coral (Pavona varians)

: Corrugated coral close up(Pavona varians)

: Pork chop coral (Pavona Duerdini)

: Pork chop coral (Pavona duerdeni) and upper left finger coral (Porites compressa)

: Pork chop coral close up (Pavona duerdeni)

: Mounding coral (Porites lobata)

: Mounding coral (Porites lobata)

: Mounding corals – Porites lobata and evermanni (darker)

: Mounding coral (Porites lobata)

: Mounding coral close up (Porites lobata)

: Mounding coral (Porites evermanni)

: Mounding coral (Porites evermanni) close up

: Finger coral (Porites compressa)

: Finger coral close up (Porites duerdini)

: Left: Finger corals (Porites duerdini), Rt: Porites compressa

: Mounding corals and finger corals intermixed (Porites spp.)

: Mounding corals (Porites lichen)

: Plate and pillar coral (Porites monticulosa)

: Plate and pillar corals Porites monticulosa (rough) and rus (smooth)

: Plate and pillar corals Porites monticulosa (rough) and rus (smooth)

: Cauliflower coral (Pocillopora meandrina)

: Cauliflower coral (Pocillopora meandrina)

: Cauliflower coral (Pocillopora meandrina)

: Antler coral (Pocillopora eydouxi)

: Antler coral-round branched variation (Pocillopora eydouxi)

: Antler coral (Pocillopora eydouxi)

: Lace coral (Pocillopora damicornis)

: Lace coral (Pocillopora damicornis)

: Orange cup coral (Tubastraea coccinea)

: Blue rice coral (Montipora flabellata)

: Nierstrasz’s coral (Psammocora nierstraszi)

: Swelling Coral (Leptoseris incrustans)

: Nierstrasz’s coral (Psammocora nierstraszi)

: Crust coral (Leptastrea purpurea)

: Bewick coral (Leptastrea bewickensis)

: Bewick coral (Leptastrea bewickensis)

: Left: Acropora gemmifera, Right: Montipora patula

: Table coral (Acropora gemmifera) close up

: Table coral (Acropora gemmifera)

: Table coral (Acropora gemmifera)

: Table coral (Acropora gemmifera)

: Table coral (Acropora gemmifera) new colony

: Table coral colonies (Acropora gemmifera)

: Table coral (Acropora gemmifera) close up

: Table coral (Acropora gemmifera)

: Table coral (Acropora sp)

: Mushroom coral (Fungia scutaria)